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Keeping up with Cybercriminals: The Future of Online Threats

We’re all familiar with lifelong enemies Tom and Jerry. Under the spell of their natural instincts, they play predictable parts: cat chases mouse and mouse blows up cat. Tom is stubborn enough to go through physical torture to catch his prey, and Jerry is smart enough to escape an untimely demise. While threat actors aren’t carrying around mallets and cybersecurity experts don’t frequently reckon with barrels of dynamite, the continued battle between the two plays out in real life with tangible consequences. Threat actors seem nearly impervious to broad efforts to crack down, but a large and growing contingent of cybersecurity pros have proven that there is hope.