The time taken by cyber attackers between gaining an initial foothold in a victim’s environment and deploying ransomware has fallen to 24 hours, according to a study.
In nearly two-thirds of cases analysed by Secureworks’ researchers, cybercriminals were deploying ransomware within a day, and in more than 10 percent of incidents it was deployed within five hours.
This average dwell time has dropped significantly in 2023, down from 4.5 days in 2022 and 5.5 days the year before that.
