How likely is a man-in-the-middle attack?

Key Points:

• Main threat/vulnerability/incident: Man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks, specifically adversary-in-the-middle incidents, are relatively rare, accounting for less than 4% of total breaches.
• Impact assessment and affected systems: The majority of MITM incidents involve Evilginx credential abuse (22%), while ransomware and phishing remain more prevalent threats at 44% and 16%, respectively.
• Recommended actions or mitigations: Organizations should prioritize defenses against more common threats like ransomware and phishing over the less frequent MITM attacks.

Technical Details: The data is sourced from the Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR), which indicates that traditional stolen-key MITM scenarios are not significant in actual breach occurrences.

MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: None mentioned

IOCs Mentioned: None mentioned