In addition to genuine SaAS software companies, threat actors move to Malware-as-Service (MaaS), specialists in several areas like business credential sales, first access to a target organisation, lateral mobility capacity and payload delivery.

Yann adds that as open-source intelligence (OSINT) is free and easy to access, most organizations uses it. But organizations must also consider the trust and reliability of sources. Yann explains in a classical hierarchy, highest level of trust comes from intelligence you generate and receive from your close network and peers, and OSINT information is placed at the lowest level.

This expansion adds to the Qualys Cloud Agent’s comprehensive capabilities of inventory, vulnerability management, patching and endpoint detection and response (EDR).

ESET telemetry showed further growth in attacks targeting Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), which grew throughout H1. While the number of unique clients targeted rose by more than a third, the total number of attack attempts surged by 140%.

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