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class=\"single-article__content\">\n<div class=\"single-article__content-inner has-drop-cap\"> <html readability=\"63.490859232176\"><body readability=\"129.29376257545\"><\/p>\n<p>Threat actors became increasingly efficient last year, rapidly achieving lateral movement and swiftly stealing data at a faster clip than ever before, according to multiple threat intelligence firms. <\/p>\n<p>The reduced time frame is a clear indicator that cybercriminals are constantly improving their ability to be successful. With the abuse of legitimate system tools to help them avoid detection, a heightened concentration on obtaining authorized administrative credentials, and employing automated processes, defenders often remain unaware of malicious activity until it is too late.<\/p>\n<p>Adam Meyers, senior vice president of counter adversary operations at CrowdStrike, reported that in the past year the average breakout time from a lateral movement perspective was 48 minutes. Remarkably, the fastest breakout time recorded was just 51 seconds, as he noted in a recent media briefing. In comparison, the average breakout time for interactive cybercrime intrusions in 2023 was 62 minutes, according to CrowdStrike.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot only are these adversaries using different techniques, different capabilities, they\u2019re doing it faster, and they\u2019re iterating faster than many of the enterprises that they\u2019re targeting,\u201d Meyers said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>CrowdStrike\u2019s research on breakout times isn\u2019t unique. ReliaQuest also observed attackers moving at unprecedented speeds, achieving lateral movement after gaining initial access in an average of 48 minutes last year. <\/p>\n<p>The breakout speeds observed by CrowdStrike and ReliaQuest underscore a broader effort by cybercriminals to hit targets quickly, achieve their objectives and ultimately leverage ill-gotten gains for extortion. Some cybercrime groups still tend to move slower but, on average, ransomware attacks have become a race against time \u2014 for offenders and defenders alike.<\/p>\n<p>Data exfiltration, one of the primary and most pressing aims of cybercriminals, occurred at the fastest speed on record last year, according to Palo Alto Networks\u2019 threat intelligence firm Unit 42.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA few years ago, the median time was about nine or 10 days from point of intrusion to exfiltration. Median time in 2024 was about two days,\u201d said Sam Rubin, SVP of consulting and threat intelligence at Unit 42.<\/p>\n<p>While the median measurement of attack tempo from access to exfiltration is distressing, the speedy outliers are even more alarming. <\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In a quarter of the cases Unit 42 responded to last year, the time from compromise to data theft was less than five hours, three times faster than speeds the firm observed in 2021. In 1 in 5 cases, attackers exfiltrated data from victim environments in less than an hour, according to Unit 42.<\/p>\n<p>RansomHub, a ransomware group Unit 42 tracks as Spoiled Scorpius, accessed a municipal government\u2019s network through a VPN lacking multi-factor authentication last year and exfiltrated 500 GB of data within seven hours.<\/p>\n<p>The speed at which ransomware groups are operating is akin to a bank robbery, Rubin said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe someone hit the silent alarm and the cops are coming, and they know they\u2019ve got to get in and get something quickly,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>Cybercriminals are rapidly escalating privileges and using persistence mechanisms to maintain access for extended periods, enabling them to carry out further actions after initially compromising a system. <\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Muddled Libra, a group more commonly known as Scattered Spider which is also affiliated with \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/tag\/the-com\/\">the Com<\/a>,\u201d social engineered a service provider\u2019s help desk last year to gain access to a contracted IT worker\u2019s privileged access manager account, according to Unit 42. Once the threat group gained access, it retrieved stored credentials and compromised a domain-privileged account within 40 minutes. <\/p>\n<p>In this particular incident, Scattered Spider then broke into a password management vault and created a secondary server for its own multi-factor authentication. This enabled another way for them to keep access and steal more data. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen they\u2019re operating in the cloud, they\u2019re operating on the security telemetry tooling. They disabled some logging in the SIEM (security information and event management),\u201d Rubin said. <\/p>\n<p>The technical expertise of ransomware groups vary, but Scattered Spider showcased \u201cIT, DevOps, security operations and sort of business savvy all coming in at once, which candidly does demonstrate that sophistication,\u201d Rubin said. <\/p>\n<p>ReliaQuest drew similar conclusions as other threat intel companies, finding the fastest data exfiltration time last year was 4 hours and 29 minutes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe time required for an adversary to progress from initial access to executing data exfiltration is 34% faster than the time needed for encryption,\u201d ReliaQuest said in its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reliaquest.com\/resources\/research-reports\/annual-threat-report-2025\/\">annual threat report<\/a>. \u201cOur data reveals a major shift in ransomware tactics: Of all breaches we observed in 2024, 80% involved data exfiltration, while only 20% included encryption.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/body> <\/p>\n<footer class=\"single-article__footer\" readability=\"3.5981963927856\">\n<div class=\"author-card\" readability=\"14\">\n<div class=\"author-card__avatar\">\n<figure class=\"author-card__image-wrap\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/cybercriminals-picked-up-the-pace-on-attacks-last-year-1.jpg?w=640&ssl=1\" alt=\"Matt Kapko\"> <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><h4 class=\"author-card__name\">Written by Matt Kapko<\/h4>\n<p> Matt Kapko is a reporter at CyberScoop. 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