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Hackers are hitting firewalls and VPNs to breach businesses

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  • Network edge devices make up nearly 30% of intrusion points
  • Ransomware is still the most popular attack type
  • End-of-life devices pose a serious risk to security

It won’t come as much of a surprise to learn that cyberattackers are evolving their tactics, and that the number of attacks is growing each year. New research from Sophos shows that these incidents involving network edge devices like routers, VPNs, and firewalls, are becoming a growing point of intrusion – accounting for nearly 30% of initial compromises observed in Sophos’ Annual Threat Report.

Within ransomware and data exfiltration attacks, VPNs were the most popular initial compromise type – making up 25% of events, even higher than compromised credentials, which sits at just over 15% – concerning given that billions of credentials are stolen from businesses around the world every year.

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