Report: Small, Stealthy Groups Behind Worst Cybercrimes

The article summarizes Secureworks' 2018 State of Cybercrime report, highlighting two tiers of cybercriminals—highly sophisticated groups (including state‑backed actors) that conduct large, targeted financial and espionage operations, and widespread low‑level criminals who fuel ransomware, commodity malware, cryptomining and data‑theft markets on the dark web—while noting common delivery methods (spam email, malware) and advising organizations to adopt threat intelligence, patching, MFA, least privilege and layered detection to protect business continuity.