Chinese cyber adversaries heavily targeted the APAC region over others – targeting 14 sectors compared to only six in the Americas and two in EMEA . monitoring and management ( RMM ) tools and that record low in adversary breakout time .
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REPORT REVEALS ADVERSARY BREAKOUT TIME FALLS TO RECORD LOW WITH TECH COMPANIES MOST TARGETED IN APAC REGION
CrowdStrike research shows adversaries took just 79 minutes , on average to ‘ breakout ’ of their initial beach head into a victim ’ s system – with fastest recorded time being just seven minutes .
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CrowdStrike shows cybercriminals are getting faster at breaching victims ’ systems , with the average ‘ breakout time ’ falling globally by 6 % since 2022 – from 84 minutes to 79 minutes .
The research reveals Chinese cyber adversaries heavily targeted the APAC region over others – targeting 14 sectors compared to only six in the Americas and two in EMEA . Globally , financial service firms are shown to have suffered an 80 % increase in cyberattacks .
Within the APAC region , technology companies were the most targeted , attracting 26 % of all attacks . Telco ( 12 %), retail ( 11 %), financial services ( 8 %) and manufacturing ( 7 %) making up the rest of the top five .
The rise in global attacks on financial service firms was driven , in part , by an uptick in activity originating from North Korea .
The intelligence is outlined in the CrowdStrike 2023 Threat Hunting Report . The company ’ s sixth annual edition of the report , which covers attack trends and adversary tradecraft observed by CrowdStrike ’ s threat hunters and intelligence analysts , exposes a massive increase in identity-based intrusions , growing expertise by adversaries targeting the cloud , a 3x spike in adversary use of legitimate remote
Chinese cyber adversaries heavily targeted the APAC region over others – targeting 14 sectors compared to only six in the Americas and two in EMEA . monitoring and management ( RMM ) tools and that record low in adversary breakout time .
Covering adversary activity between July 2022 and June 2023 , the report is the first to be published by CrowdStrike ’ s newly unveiled Counter Adversary Operations team , which was officially announced at Black Hat USA 2023 . Key findings from the report include :
• Within the APJ region , technology companies were the most targeted , attracting 26 % of all attacks , with telco ( 12 %), retail ( 11 %), financial services ( 8 %) and manufacturing ( 7 %) making up the rest of the top five .
• Chinese adversaries showed a strong interest in regional APJ targets , targeting 14 different industry types , compared to only six in the Americas and two in EMEA .
• Adversary breakout time hits an alltime low of 79 minutes : the average time it takes an adversary to move laterally from initial compromise to other hosts in the victim environment fell from the previous all-time low of
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