Q1 2024 Attacker Trends and Mitigations

ReliaQuest Q1 2024 Threat Spotlight: phishing, drive-by compromises, and exploitation of critical public-facing vulnerabilities were the dominant initial access vectors, with attackers favoring PowerShell and command obfuscation for execution and defense evasion; SocGholish, AsyncRAT, DorkBot, and Gootloader were the most observed malware families, and the report maps these behaviors to MITRE ATT&CK while providing technical controls and logging recommendations to mitigate the risk.