Mandiant’s M-Trends 2024 report highlights the progress in detecting cyber threats, notably the reduction in global median dwell time to 10 days, and details evolving attack techniques such as exploitation of zero-days and evasive tactics. It also emphasizes the increasing role of artificial intelligence in security operations and the prevalence of ransomware, Chinese espionage, and malware trends. #Mandiant #MTrends2024
Keypoints
- Annual cybersecurity reports from major vendors typically consist of structured sections including an introduction, statistical analysis, global and regional trend insights, threat actor profiles, malware analyses, and significant case studies or articles highlighting emerging threats and tactics.
- Key statistics from the Mandiant 2024 report reveal a decrease in median dwell time to 10 days in 2023, showcasing improved detection capabilities, with ransomware-related incidents most often discovered swiftly due to external notifications.
- Notable trends include increased use of exploits, especially zero-days like CVE-2023-34362 in MOVEit Transfer, and advanced evasive techniques such as living-off-the-land (LotL) and sophisticated phishing methods leveraging social media and SMS communication channels.
- The report underscores significant findings such as the rise in ransomware investigations to 23%, the shift of threat actors towards targeting cloud infrastructure, and the growing integration of artificial intelligence to enhance red and purple team operations for better defense assessments.
- Recurring themes highlight the importance of proactive detection, the evolving threat landscape with new malware families and actor groups, and the critical need for organizations to adopt layered security strategies amidst sophisticated attack techniques leveraging both technical vulnerabilities and social engineering.
Source: Awesome Annual Security Reports - The reports in this collection are limited to content which does not require a paid subscription, membership, or service contract. (https://github.com/jacobdjwilson/awesome-annual-security-reports/)