When it comes to hackers looking solely for profit - ransomware is no longer the number one weapon of choice, new research has claimed.
Instead, their primary method is Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks, a report from cybersecurity experts Secureworks analyzing more than 500 real-world security incidents that took place between January and December 2022 found, with the number of BEC incidents doubling to become the most common type of attack, dethroning ransomware.
