Dell SecureWorks reports that Over half of the targeted threats detected over the past year have used malware and that the increasing use of "compromised credentials" is making the detection of attacks all the more difficult to discover. Advances in spear-phishing techniques mean that hackers are increasingly able to dump detectable malware and gain entry to systems using the victim company's own remote access tools having compromised an employee's access codes.
Dell SecureWorks reports that less than half of the targeted threats detected over the past year have used malware and that the increasing use of "compromised credentials" is making the detection of attacks all the more difficult to discover. Advances in spear-phishing techniques mean that hackers are increasingly able to dump detectable malware and gain entry to systems using the victim company's own remote access tools having compromised an employee's access codes.