Cyberattacks follow businesses to the cloud

Cloud intrusions increased by 75 percent overall last year as adversaries set their sights on the cloud through the use of valid credentials. This is one of the findings of the 2024 CrowdStrike Global Threat Report released today. It notes an increase in interactive intrusions and hands-on-keyboard activity (60 percent) as adversaries increasingly exploit stolen credentials to gain initial access at targeted organizations. The report also finds the speed of cyberattacks continues to accelerate at an alarming rate. The average breakout time is down to only 62 minutes from 79 in the previous year (with the fastest recorded attack coming… [Continue Reading]