A global threat report by CrowdStrike analyzed the trends and behaviors of recent cyberattacks. The report found that attacks had increased in both number and complexity. The report also found a surge in identity-based threats, cloud exploitations and attacks that re-weaponized previously patched vulnerabilities.
Seventy-one percent of attacks detected were malware-free (up from 62% in 2021) and interactive intrusions (hands on keyboard activity) increased 50% in 2022. There was a 112% year-over-year increase in access broker advertisements on the dark web. Additionally, cloud exploitation grew by 95% and the number of cases involving ‘cloud-conscious’ threat actors nearly tripled year-over-year.