Honeypots Are Back: The Movie: The Blog | Grey Noise Blog
Summary: GreyNoise researchers observed a substantial change in internet scanning behavior in the second quarter of 2023, with malicious inventory scans dropping sharply in frequency and scale and the vast majority of such scans now coming from benign sources. The company says the speed at which compromises follow vulnerability announcements suggests more capable attacker groups have adopted their own attack surface monitoring to avoid tripping existing defenses.
Key Takeaway: Attackers are now less willing to risk their reconnaissance infrastructure being detected before they have confidence in a successful attack path, which leaves traditional third-party threat intelligence unable to provide the targeted attack visibility defenders need.
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