This is how long hackers will hide in your network before deploying ransomware or being spotted
Any time is too long, but hackers are finding ways to wander through networks unseen for longer than you might expect. Cyberattackers on average have 11 days after breaching a target network before they’re being detected, according to UK security firm Sophos – and often when they are spotted it’s because they’ve deployed ransomware. As Sophos researchers note in a…