'Living off the cloud': Hackers modernise an old-school tactic

Living off the land ploys see hackers use phishing or other methods to gain access to a victims' networks, then use the victims' own tools and services for malicious purposes. — Safe internet vector created by jcomp - www.freepik.com

An old threat is new again — or never really went away.

As governments and other players increasingly turn to the cloud, malicious actors are following, adding "living off the cloud" attacks back into their repertoires.