Cybersecurity is always evolving and demands ongoing awareness
Every day, Microsoft analyzes over 78 trillion security signals to gain a deeper understanding of the current threat pathways and methodologies. Since last year, we’ve seen a shift in how threat actors scale and use nation-state backing. It’s apparent that companies are facing more threats than ever before, and attack chains are becoming more complicated. Dwell times have decreased, and tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) have evolved to be more agile and evasive.
Based on these findings, here are five attack trends that end-user organizations should be watching regularly.
1. Gaining Stealth by avoiding custom tools and malware
Some threat actor organizations prioritize stealth by using tools and processes that are already installed on their victims’ systems. This enables attackers to fly under the radar and go undiscovered by concealing their operations among other threat actors that use similar approaches to launch assaults.
Volt Typhoon, a Chinese state-sponsored
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