Attackers Don’t Break In. They Log In.
Elevate your defenses against active adversaries.
Active adversaries
are highly skilled cybercriminals, often equipped with sophisticated software and networking skills.
Active adversaries gain entry, evade detection and adapt their techniques to circumvent preventative security controls and execute their attack.
23% of IT leaders in organizations with 100-5000 employees have experienced an attack involving an active adversary in the last year.
Stopping Active Adversaries: Lessons from the Cyber Frontline
This report brings together key findings from three Sophos X-Ops Active Adversary reports of 2023 to provide a unique window into the tactics, techniques, and procedures employed by today’s skilled, professional cybercriminals.
How Active Adversaries Operate
Multistage Attacks
Attacks that end in a different place than they started
Living Off the Land Attacks
Attacks that blend in by using legitimate tools in malicious ways
Unknown Vulnerabilities
Attacks that leverage a weakness, flaw, or error in software
Credential Abuse
Attacks that start with an adversary logging in instead of breaking in
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Sophos provides connected, integrated protection that stops adversaries wherever they are, however sophisticated their attacks – all managed by a single platform. Plus, we meet you where you are, working with your existing security investments.
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