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   Billions of credentials were stolen from businesses around the world in 2024   
      
   Date:   
   Wed, 19 Mar 2025 10:47:20 +0000   
      
   Description:   
   Flashpoint report reveals hackers stole over 3 billion credentials in 2024   
   alone.   
      
   FULL STORY   
      
   Over 3.2 billion credentials were compromised in 2024, new research has   
   claimed, with these details then used to fuel a number of illegal campaigns.    
      
    Flashpoints Global Threat Intelligence Report said the figure represents a   
   33% spike year-on-year, and of these stolen credentials, an overwhelming 75%   
   of these were obtained through information stealing malware, or infostealers    
   - which have now infected over 23 million devices worldwide. The most    
   prolific of these is Redline - infecting 9.9 million hosts in 2024.    
      
   Unsurprisingly, 2024 saw a rise in ransomware attacks, with Flashpoint   
   identifying a 10% increase across all sectors, adding to the 84% increase    
   from the previous year - reinforcing reports that 2024 was the worst year for   
   ransomware on record.   
      
   A resilient market    
      
   When ransomware and infostealer groups are disrupted, the market bounces back   
   remarkably quickly, with new groups and malware strains emerging - indicating   
   a highly adaptable and resilient threat landscape.    
      
   This makes life much more difficult for security teams and law enforcement,    
   so robust threat monitoring and adaptability will be key for cybersecurity   
   going forward.    
      
   A key takeaway from the report is the increase in data breach activity, with   
   6,670 publicly reported data breaches in 2024 - responsible for the exposure   
   of over 16.8 billion records - putting organizations, customers, and users at   
   risk, and funding cybercriminal organizations around the world.    
      
   We live in interesting times, where technology is both a blessing and a    
   curse, said Ian Gray, VP of Intelligence at Flashpoint.    
      
   The cybersecurity community will find new challenges in AI-augmented attacks,   
   expanding attack surfaces, and increasingly sophisticated social engineering.   
   Threat actors will find not just the opportunities they seek, but also the   
   heightened scrutiny, improved defenses leveraging AI-tools shepherded by    
   human intelligence, coordinated law enforcement actions, and inevitable   
   consequences that follow.   
      
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   Link to news story:   
   https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/billions-of-credentials-were-stolen-fro   
   m-businesses-around-the-world-in-2024   
      
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