CLOUD SECURITY
A new report has found that attackers are increasingly targeting weaknesses in cloud accounts to break into systems so that they can then access sensitive data or cause other problems .
Cybersecurity firm Red Canary found in its sixth annual Threat Detection Report that cybersecurity threats are rapidly changing , posing big challenges for organisations in keeping their systems safe .
The report looks at data from nearly 60,000 threats detected in 2023 , collected from various sources like endpoints , networks and cloud infrastructure . Unlike other yearly reports , Red Canary ’ s report stands out because it combines broad detection coverage with analysis to give a deeper understanding of the threats .
Vulnerabilities in cloud systems One big takeaway from the report was the rise of two new tactics in the top 10 most used techniques by cyber attackers : Email Forwarding Rule and Cloud Accounts . This shows a shift in focus towards targeting vulnerabilities in cloud systems .
Cloud Accounts jumped up to fourth place in 2023 from being much lower the year before . This means attackers are increasingly targeting weaknesses in cloud accounts to break into systems . They can then access sensitive data or cause other problems .
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