The Biggest Cloud Security Risk In 2024 Will Be Stolen And Exposed Credentials
CLOUDPro, Wednesday, January 24th, 2024
Locking down accounts with multifactor authentication and investigating password breaches could help keep attackers out
Hackers are redoubling their attempt to break into business applications and cloud infrastructure, according to an analysis of incidents investigated by one security operations center (SOC).
Managed detection and response company Expel said that 'identity threats'' - attempts to break into email or other business applications - accounted for 64% of all incidents its SOC investigated, and that these had increased in volume by 144% over 2022.
Analysis from the firm showed a 72% increase in cloud infrastructure incidents across the last year, with stolen or leaked credentials responsible for two-in-five incidents.