Global Threat Report

The 2024 edition of the CrowdStrike Global Threat Report arrives at a pivotal moment for our global community of protectors. The speed and ferocity of cyberattacks continue to accelerate as adversaries compress the time between initial entry, lateral movement and breach. At the same time, the rise of generative AI has the potential to lower the barrier of entry for low-skilled adversaries, making it easier to launch attacks that are more sophisticated and state of the art.

These trends are driving a tectonic shift in the security landscape and the world. The “good enough” approach to cybersecurity is simply no longer good enough for modern threats. As organizations increasingly move business to the cloud, adversaries are advancing their capabilities to exploit this, and abuse features unique to the cloud. We continue to see identity-based attacks take center stage, as adversaries focus on social engineering attacks that bypass multifactor authentication. The use of legitimate tools to execute an attack, an increasingly prevalent technique, impedes the ability to differentiate between normal activity and a breach.

We are entering an era of a cyber arms race where AI will amplify the impact for both the security professional and the adversary. Organizations cannot afford to fall behind, and the legacy technology of yesterday is no match for the speed and sophistication of the modern adversary.