Cybersecurity Consulting Services

How Does Cybersecurity Consulting Work?

Cybersecurity consulting typically follows a step-by-step process. Here’s a quick look at how it unfolds:

Understanding your business goals, risks, infrastructure, and existing security posture.

Pinpointing where you’re most exposed and what’s at stake.

Creating a roadmap of what needs to change, including tools, policies, and team awareness.

Guiding or executing changes across your systems with minimal disruption.

Security is never a one-time fix. It evolves as your business and the threat landscape evolve.

Malware-based Attacks

These attacks hide malicious code in seemingly normal software, then silently sabotage systems and steal data.

These are self-replicating programs that spread silently across systems. For example, the ILOVEYOU virus disrupted millions of Windows PCs globally.

These are stealthy, long-term attacks often sponsored by nation-states. For example, APT29 targeted US government agencies for months unnoticed.

They encrypt files and demand payment to restore access. For example, WannaCry paralyzed hospitals and banks in over 150 countries.

They secretly track activity and steal sensitive information. For example, Pegasus spyware infiltrated journalists’ and officials’ phones.

Identity and Access-related Attacks

When threat actors impersonate or misuse credentials, they gain control where they shouldn't.

Stealing credentials to impersonate users and access accounts. For example, the Marriott breach exposed millions of guest identities.

Employees exploiting internal access to harm the company. For example, an IT contractor leaked Apple’s internal documents.

Hackers gain entry to systems without permission. For example, a hacker accessed Tesla servers via a misconfigured backend.

Repeated login attempts until the right password is guessed. For example, attacks on WordPress sites using stolen admin credentials.

Injection and Code-based Attacks

Hackers exploit weak input validation to inject malicious scripts or commands.

Inserting malicious SQL to manipulate backend databases. Example: Heartland breach exposed 100M+ credit card details.

Tricks servers into making unintended internal requests. For example, the Capital One breach exposed 80M user records via SSRF.

Forces users to perform unintended actions. An example is banking sites exploited to change user transaction settings.

Injecting scripts into websites to hijack sessions or data. For example, eBay suffered repeated XSS attacks on listing pages.

Social Engineering Attacks

Social engineering preys on human behavior. Attackers manipulate trust, urgency, or fear to trick people into giving up sensitive information or access.

Fake emails that trick users into clicking malicious links. For example, a Gmail phishing email mimicking the Google Docs login page.

Targeted emails customized with personal data to deceive. For example, hackers used LinkedIn info to target company CFOs.

It is a voice call impersonating support or officials asking for data. An example is fake bank calls asking for card verification numbers.

SMS messages with malicious links or false offers. For example, texts mimicking courier services for fake tracking links.

Executive-targeted phishing scams using business-specific lingo. For example, CEOs get spoofed emails asking for urgent wire transfers.

Hijacked email accounts are used to defraud companies. For example, a $47 million loss at Ubiquiti via fake vendor invoices.

Network and Infrastructure Attacks

These threats exploit weak points in network communication, stealing or disrupting data during transmission, or intercepting user activity mid-flow.

They involve overwhelming servers that shut down access or services. An example is GitHub’s 1.35 Tbps DDoS attack in 2018.

Steals user session tokens to take over web accounts. For example, attackers hijacked Facebook sessions through browser extensions.

They secretly intercept communication between two parties. For example, hackers spied on hotel Wi-Fi using fake portals.

Attackers reuse intercepted data to impersonate valid user activity. For example, attackers reused login data from unsecured payment apps.

Monitor network traffic to steal sensitive information. For example, attackers sniffed credentials over unsecured Wi-Fi in cafés.

The abuse of DNS or IP protocols to mislead systems. For example, DNS spoofing rerouted users to a fake banking site.