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Cybercriminals Abuse Remote Desktop Protocol in 90% of Attacks Handled by Sophos Incident Response in 2023, Sophos’ Newest Active Adversary Report FindsIt’s Oh So Quiet : The Sophos Active Adversary Report for 1H 2024
.” The report, which analyzes more than 150 incident response cases handled by the Sophos X-Ops IR team in 2023, found that cybercriminals abusedIn addition, external remote services such as RDP were the most common vector by which attackers initially breached networks; they were the method of initial access in 65% of IR cases in 2023.
“External remote services are a necessary, but risky, requirement for many businesses. Attackers understand the risks these services pose and actively seek to subvert them due to the bounty that lies beyond. Exposing services without careful consideration and mitigation of their risks inevitably leads to compromise.
“Managing risk is an active process. Organizations that do this well experience better security situations than those that don’t in the face of continuous threats from determined attackers. An important aspect of managing security risks, beyond identifying and prioritizing them, is acting on the information. Yet, for far too long, certain risks such as open RDP continue to plague organizations, to the delight of attackers who can walk right through the front door of an organization.
The Sophos Active Adversary Report for 1H 2024 is based on more than 150 incident response investigations spanning the globe across 26 sectors. Targeted organizations are located in 23 different countries, including the United States, Canada, Mexico, Colombia, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, Germany, Poland, Italy, Austria, Belgium, the Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, India, Australia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, and Botswana.
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