https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/10/11/hacking_tools_taxonomy/
By John Leyden
The Register
11 Oct 2018
The UK's National Cyber Security Centre and its western intel pals have
today put out a report spotlighting the most commonly wielded hacking
utilities.
The study sets out five categories of publicly available hacking tools
used by crims, spies and hacktivists worldwide. The list won't come as too
much of a surprise to penetration testers but is nonetheless valuable for
its intended audience of enterprise security defenders.
The intel is designed to give enterprises a better awareness of what
they're up against so they are better positioned to prepare defences.
The dossier (PDF) offers a "snapshot, rather than a compendium" of tools
miscreants are likely to throw at targeted networks, with the malign
utilities helpfully organised by the order in which the baddies are likely
to deploy them.
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