Microsoft emphasized in its 2024 annual Digital Defense report that the cyber threat landscape remains both “dangerous and complex,” posing significant risks to organizations, users, and devices worldwide.
The Expanding Threat Landscape
Every day, Microsoft’s customers endure more than 600 million cyberattacks, targeting individuals, corporations, and critical infrastructure. The rise in cyber threats is driven by the convergence of cybercriminal and nation-state activities, further accelerated by advancements in technologies such as artificial intelligence.
Monitoring over 78 trillion signals daily, Microsoft tracks activity from nearly 1,500 threat actor groups, including 600 nation-state groups. The report reveals an expanding threat landscape dominated by multifaceted attack types like phishing, ransomware, DDoS attacks, and identity-based intrusions.
Password-Based Attacks and MFA Evasion
Despite the widespread adoption of multifactor authentication (MFA), password-based attacks remain a dominant threat, making up more than 99% of all identity-related cyber incidents. Attackers use methods like password spraying, breach replays, and brute force attacks to exploit weak or reused passwords1. Microsoft
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