What is Lateral Movement?
The growing appetite of threat actors has coincided with the constant evolution and innovation of their tools and techniques. Many of today’s cyber-attacks are no longer simplistic attacks in which attackers unleash the final malware payload at the point of entry. These victims, typically PCs of ordinary users, are too limited in scope to satisfy the ambitious objectives of attackers. Adversaries are after high-value assets such as sensitive data, high privilege users, critical systems and servers, databases, and source codes, which promise a handsome profit or allow them to cause costly business disruption. To achieve these goals, attackers must expand their reach in the compromised environment.
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