--- title: Top techniques attackers use to infiltrate your systems... description: Threat intelligence experts outline the most prevalent cyberattack techniques targeting enterprises today. Identity-based attacks dominate, with phishing... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/top-techniques-attackers-use-to-infiltrate-your-systems-today-38bwedayy twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Top techniques attackers use to infiltrate your systems today | daily.dev og:description: Threat intelligence experts outline the most prevalent cyberattack techniques targeting enterprises today. Identity-based attacks dominate, with phishing... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/top-techniques-attackers-use-to-infiltrate-your-systems-today-38bwedayy og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/38BWEdAyy.png og:image:alt: Top techniques attackers use to infiltrate your systems today og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Top techniques attackers use to infiltrate your systems today **[CSO Online](https://daily.dev/sources/csoonline)** · 7 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Threat intelligence experts outline the most prevalent cyberattack techniques targeting enterprises today. Identity-based attacks dominate, with phishing (41%), stolen credentials (18%), and social engineering (12%) leading incident response engagements. Key trends include abuse of legitimate RMM tools like ConnectWise ScreenConnect, the ClickFix social engineering tactic that tricks users into executing malicious PowerShell commands, adversary-in-the-middle attacks bypassing MFA via session token theft, exploitation of machine identities and non-human service accounts, and the Shai-Hulud npm supply-chain worm that self-propagates through compromised maintainer accounts. Recommended defenses include phishing-resistant FIDO2 authentication, zero trust and least privilege principles, RMM allowlists, and ClickFix-specific user training. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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