Foreword
The 2024 edition of the CrowdStrike Global Threat Report arrives at
a pivotal moment for our global community of protectors. The speed
and ferocity of cyberattacks continue to accelerate as adversaries
compress the time between initial entry, lateral movement and breach.
At the same time, the rise of generative AI has the potential to lower the
barrier of entry for low-skilled adversaries, making it easier to launch
attacks that are more sophisticated and state of the art.
These trends are driving a tectonic shift in the security landscape and
the world. The “good enough” approach to cybersecurity is simply no
longer good enough for modern threats. As organizations increasingly
move business to the cloud, adversaries are advancing their capabilities
to exploit this, and abuse features unique to the cloud. We continue to
see identity-based attacks take center stage, as adversaries focus on
social engineering attacks that bypass multifactor authentication.
The use of legitimate tools to execute an attack, an increasingly
prevalent technique, impedes the ability to differentiate between
normal activity and a breach.
We are entering an era of a cyber arms race where AI will amplify
the impact for both the security professional and the adversary.
Organizations cannot afford to fall behind, and the legacy technology
of yesterday is no match for the speed and sophistication of the
modern adversary.