Top techniques attackers use to infiltrate your systems today

Modern cyberattackers increasingly target the human element rather than software vulnerabilities, using techniques like phishing (tricking users into revealing information), stolen credentials, and social engineering (manipulating people into unsafe actions) to infiltrate systems. Common attack methods include abusing legitimate remote monitoring and management tools (RMM, software designed to help IT teams manage systems remotely) for command-and-control, exploiting flaws in network security devices like SSL VPN (virtual private network technology that encrypts connections), and deploying ClickFix (a social engineering tactic using fake error prompts to trick users into running malicious commands). These approaches often succeed because they exploit trusted tools and human behavior rather than technical weaknesses that can be patched.