Did You Know About Kaspersky’s Cyber Threat Map?
Yes, we have many threat maps available but Let us, from Bentrepreneur, show you the Best from the Rest.
Kaspersky Lab presents its new interactive Cyberthreats Realtime Map. Living up to its name, this visual tool allows users to see what is going on in cybersecurity around the world in real-time. A few years ago Kaspersky Lab launched its cloud service named Kaspersky Security Network, an early warning system for various types of new cyber threats.
A cyber threat map, also known as a cyber attack map, is a real-time map of the computer security attacks that are going on at any given time. One of the most famous was released by the company Norse and went so viral, even among non-hackers, that it got its own story in Newsweek in 2015.
The map itself looks like a global game of laser tag. Beams of light, represented by different colors, shoot across a darkened screen showing where an attack comes from and where it is going. When it first caught the public eye, captivated audiences watched hackers wage cyber-war across hundreds and thousands of miles.
How does the map work and How is it maintained?
Attack maps are maintained by CyberSec organizations, (Kaspersky-in this case), probably like a mousetrap against hackers. What they do is create real-time collections of triggered data that was possibly the target of hackers. To simplify, they maintain a threat intelligence network globally which consists of millions of sensors. Along with sensors they deploy honeypots in the 195 countries which will impersonate devices and IoT gadgets to lure cyber attacks.
Usually, newbies into hacking take great advantage of these devices and sensors. What they do is they try and apply different tools to learn how they work. Obviously, in cybersecurity, we take everything to trial and error roads. That’s the best way to learn. In fact, there are a lot of virtual labs and mock devices imitating corporate networks, OS, and IoT devices provided by some private organizations to let professionals learn through extensive practice. For students like us, a variety of interesting and fun online cyber-security training sites are also available, for instance, Try Hack Me
Undoubtedly, Kaspersky is the best in business, with its appealing visual and interactive layout.
Below is a screenshot of my screen with the map open from India. I highly recommend you to navigate to Kaspersky’s Cyber Threat Map and check around the site.
Kaspersky’s Cyberthreat also offers useful statistics about current cyber attacks. Through its website, you can learn about:
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Vulnerabilities identified
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Most widespread threats
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Botnet activity trends
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Prevalence of infected mail and spam
You can find this data for a specific country or look at it on a worldwide level. One important fact to be noted is that these maps don’t really show cyber attacks in real-time, they give you information, and a cybersecurity pro can’t have enough of it. Although, their pros are that they can provide data that can lead to the discovery of a potential new attack. Here’s a guide for learning more about Cyberthreat maps- The Ultimate Guide to Cyber Threat Maps – Alpine Security.