1、2023 GLOBALTHREATREPORTCrowdStrikeFOREWORDThe latest edition of the CrowdStrike Global Threat Report comes at an important time for protectors around the world.As organizations focus on managing remote and hybrid teams,operationalizing years of digital transformation and navigating an uncertain glob
2、al economy,adversaries have become more sophisticated,relentless and damaging in their attacks.As a result,a number of disruptive trends emerged in 2022 that threaten productivity and global stability.The year started ominously as Russias deadly war of aggression in Ukraine brought about a terrible
3、human toll,threatened international order and put countless global organizations at risk of spillover cyberattacks.At the same time,China state-nexus adversaries ramped up their cyber espionage campaigns,and Iranian actors launched destructive“lock-and-leak”operations using ransomware.These growing
4、nation-state attacks coincided with organizations struggling to manage an explosive landscape of vulnerabilities that amplified systemic risk.The constant disclosure of vulnerabilities affecting legacy infrastructure like Microsoft Active Directory continued to burden security teams and present an o
5、pen door to attackers,while the ubiquitous Log4Shell vulnerability ushered in a new era of“vulnerability rediscovery,”during which adversaries modify or reapply the same exploit to target other similarly vulnerable products.Even our wins on the security front were tempered by the adversaries ability
6、 to adapt.Collaboration between the government and private sector dramatically improved,resulting in the arrest and dismantling of some of the worlds most notorious ransomware gangs only to see splinter groups recalibrate and flourish.Stopping breaches requires an understanding of the adversary,incl