Understanding watering hole attacks

Within the field of cybersecurity, learning about various types of attacks and threats is very important. Some of these attacks have some very unusual names, and, in this section, we will cover the fundamentals of a watering hole attack. Let's imagine you're the IT security administrator or engineer for a company. You've implemented the best security appliances within the industry to proactively detect and prevent any sort of cyberattacks and threats, whether internal or external to your organization. You've also implemented industry best practices, adhered to standards, and ensured that your users (employees of the organization) are frequently trained on user awareness security practices. You have metaphorically built a security fortress upon your organization and ensured that the network perimeter is also fortified so that it can prevent new and emerging threats.

Threat actors would notice that they are unable to breach your...