India, Aug. 14 -- A recent wave of high-profile cyberattacks targeting critical infrastructure and major enterprises serves as a stark reminder of how adversaries, including sophisticated nation-state actors, sustain a continual foothold within their targets' networks.

Upon closer inspection, the methods used to infiltrate these organisations are rarely novel. Instead, attackers persistently rely on proven, effective tactics, targeting low-hanging fruit like known critical vulnerabilities, overprivileged access, and publicly exposed secrets. Like moths to a flame, bad actors are drawn to these secrets such as hardcoded API keys as they provide the most direct path to move laterally, escalate privileges, and access an organisation's most ...