Critical: identity-based attacks
Identity-based attacks are one of the greatest threats to IT security today, as modern hybrid corporate networks offer cybercriminals numerous gateways. A comment from Martin Kulendik, Regional Sales Director DACH at Silverfort. Hackers, for example, use hijacked accounts to gain initial access via SaaS apps and IaaS in the public cloud or penetrate the company perimeter via compromised VPN or Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) connections. Hackers can then continue their attacks from one machine to the next using compromised credentials. Lateral movement of this type occurs in both Advanced Persistent Threats (APT) and ...