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The findings remained consistent across the year's incidents, researchers noted, not being influenced by specific ransomware variants of cybercrime groups. Secureworks' experts also said the popularity of the ransomware-as-a-service model could also provide an explanation for shorter attacks. Although the overall number of attacks has risen following a brief slowdown in 2022, criminals are resorting to less-complex attacks in favor of greater volume.
Cybercriminals are using vulnerability-scanning tools and stolen credentials in equal measure to gain an initial foothold in their targets' networks. Each method facilitated the initial intrusion in 32 percent of ransomware attacks over the past year.and AI style attacks, the two highest-profile attacks of 2023 thus far were the result of unpatched infrastructure," said Don Smith, VP threat intelligence at Secureworks Counter Threat Unit.