BeyondTrust Research: 75% of Cyberattacks Trace Back to Identity and Privilege Exposure
· manilatimes.net
Across 400+ offensive research projects, one pattern dominated: identity and privilege issues sit at the heart of the modern attack surface, Phantom Labs® findsIdentity and privilege risks often don't come from a single flaw, but from how users, machines, and AI agents connect and inherit access across cloud, SaaS, and on-premises environments Research findings shaped BeyondTrust's product portfolio and led to coordinated vulnerability disclosures, including in OpenAI Codex and AWS Bedrock AgentCore LAS VEGAS, Aug. 03, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BeyondTrust, the global leader in privilege-centric identity security protecting Paths to Privilege™, today released the Phantom Labs® Research Index, an annual analysis of what's driving today's attacks, based on the offensive security research conducted by the team. Most notably, the report revealed that attackers are increasingly exploiting the trusted relationships between users, applications, machine identities, and AI agents rather than isolated software vulnerabilities alone.
Across 400+ offensive research projects, one pattern dominated: identity and privilege issues sit at the heart of the modern attack surface, Phantom Labs® find...