Inside the credential economy: How cybercriminals are leveraging stolen logins
By Merium Khalid, Director of SOC Offensive Security, Barracuda Networks
For years, the cybersecurity industry has looked for the next breakthrough in threat technology, sometimes missing a quieter truth: attackers don’t always rely on revolutionary tools. More often, they take advantage of the everyday weaknesses that organisations can sometimes overlook.
The findings from the Barracuda Managed XDR Global Threat Report reveal the highest volume of incidents observed over the past year weren’t the result of unbeatable malware, but rather simple security oversights, including unpatched firewalls, rogue endpoints and dormant identities.
Analysis of over two trillion IT events and 600,000 security alerts from 2025 shows just how quickly today’s threats can unfold. In the quickest case, the time from initial breach to complete ransomware encryption was only three hours. When attackers can move from initial access to impact in a short amount of time, organisations need the ability to spot subtle...
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