Phishing remains top route to initial access

Cybersecurity Dive March 26, 2024
Matt Kapko

Tricking individuals to reveal sensitive information or grant access to systems doesn’t require technical expertise. These lures turn human behavior and trust into a weapon.

Dive Brief:

• Threat actors used phishing links or attacks in 71% of all security incidents in 2023, according to ReliaQuest’s Annual Cyber-Threat Report released Tuesday.
• Most of the tactics, techniques and procedures threat actors used last year to achieve initial access to a compromised environment were linked to user interaction or error, the report said. “This indicates attackers overwhelmingly gained initial access by exploiting the trust and vulnerability of unsuspecting individuals.”
• Phishing remains the most common route threat actors use to achieve initial access, accounting for 70% of all initial access related incidents...

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