Threat Source newsletter (May 4, 2023) — Recapping the biggest headlines to come out of RSA
Summary: At RSA 2023, cryptographer Adi Shamir reversed his prior position and warned that ChatGPT's ability to produce perfect English will be misused on a massive scale and have a major impact on social engineering. Cisco Talos Incident Response reported that web shells were the most-observed threat in Q1 2023, comprising nearly a fourth of its engagements, while ransomware fell from 20% to around 10% partly because several ransomware engagements opened in Q1 did not close.
Key Takeaway: Nearly 30 percent of Talos IR engagements involved organizations with no MFA or MFA on only a handful of accounts and critical services, and Talos says many ransomware and phishing incidents it observed could have been prevented had MFA been enabled on EDR solutions and VPNs.
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