"Old-School Attacks Are Still a Danger, Despite Newer Techniques"

Despite all the talk about new technologies such as ChatGPT and the growing complexity of attacks, cybercriminals continue to use numerous basic attacks because they are effective. These attacks, such as phishing attacks and credential harvesting, are designed to exploit human behavior. For example, a recent Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) report discovered that valid account credentials are behind most successful threat actor intrusions into critical infrastructure networks and state and local agencies. Valid credential compromise and spear-phishing attacks made up almost 90 percent of infiltrations last year. In addition, valid accounts were responsible for 54 percent of all attacks analyzed during the agency's annual risk and vulnerability assessment. This article continues to discuss the continued performance of unsophisticated attacks by cybercriminals. 

Dark Reading reports "Old-School Attacks Are Still a Danger, Despite Newer Techniques"

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