Unmasking impostors is something the art world has faced for decades, and there are valuable lessons from the works of Elmyr de Hory that can apply to the world of defensive cybersecurity. During the 1960s, de Hory gained infamy as a premier forger, passing off counterfeit masterworks of Picasso, Matisse, and Renoir to unsuspecting collectors and renowned museums. Over the next several decades, more than a thousand of his works slipped past experts who relied on trusted signatures, familiar patterns, and reputable provenance.
It’s not unlike the challenges SOCs are facing now. We’re firmly in the Age of Imitation. Cyberattackers, equipped with AI, are mastering the art of imitating the familiar, posing as trusted users and masking their activity within legitimate processes and ordinary network traffic. As history shows, it’s often easier to identify impostors when you know what to look for.
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