Cybercriminals are ditching hacking into corporate networks and are instead using legitimate credentials to access and compromise them, with a 71% spike in cyber-attacks caused by exploiting identity, according to IBM. In its 2024 X-Force Threat Intelligence Index, published on February 21, 2024, IBM observed that compromising valid identities represented 30% of the total initial access vectors used in 2023.

Source: Infosecurity