The past year has reinforced a lesson defenders often learn the hard way: Attackers don’t need new tricks when the old ones still work.
Whether it’s ransomware crews abusing remote access, social engineers weaponizing trust andntiming, or affiliates pivoting to pure data theft when encryption loses its edge, the pattern is the same. Attackers follow the path of least resistance — and they follow it at scale.
From the vantage point of Arctic Wolf® Labs, where we analyze thousands of real-world intrusions, three signals stand out:
