Lateral movement is a series of techniques used by threat actors to gain progressively greater access to IT systems and data once they infiltrate a network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The goal of threat actors is to eventually gain access to sensitive data or endpoints. As attack paths can vary, that makes lateral movement a goal as much as it is a series of moves. Hackers have already entered the compromised network, so how can they continue to move throughout it? Stealing credentials, snooping for opportunities, and escalating privileges allow threat actors to steadily increase their presence in a compromised system. If they make it far enough, they can steal credentials for privileged accounts and valuable data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lateral movement is challenging to detect if an attacker uses legitimate credentials and system tools. We’ll look at lateral movement techniques and ways to detect and prevent attacks to give your IT and security teams a starting point for locating subtle but malicious traffic within your computer systems.<\/p>\n\n\n
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