Interview with News on Tech: Inside the Minds of Cyber Adversaries

Cyber intelligence is both a science and an art: piecing together fragmented signals to uncover attacker intent before the next move.

 

In a two-part conversation with Grace Chng, Teo Xiang Zheng, VP of Advisory at Ensign InfoSecurity, explains why effective cyber defence must move beyond chasing short-lived indicators that are easily improvised and replicated.

 

Instead, organisations need to focus understanding the enduring behaviours of threat actors since behaviours are harder to change.

 

The discussion also surfaces a troubling reality, where today’s underground cyber economy increasingly mirrors a legitimate business ecosystem. Initial access brokers, ransomware-as-a-service groups and hacktivists are collaborating for profit and power.