On April 7, 2020 I posted on the NetSPI Executive Blog.
The Internet is a hacker’s playground. When a hacker is looking for targets to attack, they typically start with the weakest link they can find on the perimeter of a network – something they can easily exploit. Usually when they find a target that they can try to breach, if the level of effort becomes too high or the target is sufficiently protected, they simply move on to the next target.
The most common type of attackers are called “Script Kiddies.” These are typically inexperienced actors that simply use code/scripts posted online to replicate a hack or download and use software like Metasploit to try to run scans against systems to find something that breaks. This underscores the need for making sure that the perimeter of your network and what’s visible to the outside world is properly protected so that even inadvertent scanning by Script Kiddies or tools being ran against the network don’t end up causing issues.
Read full post here: https://www.netspi.com/blog/executive/security-industry/through-the-attackers-lens-what-is-visible-on-your-perimeter/
