Responding to the Lowering Cost of Cyber Hostility

The author argues that as cybercrime services and tools become cheaper and more accessible on the dark web—ranging from rented DDoS attacks and malware kits to sold RDP credentials—organizations face more frequent, commoditized attacks. The piece emphasizes that these threats make basic security hygiene (patching, secure configurations, credential management) and automated exposure discovery essential defenses, since attackers increasingly rely on breadth rather than sophisticated reconnaissance.