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Threat Actors Achieve Lateral Movement in as Little as 4 Minutes

Businesswire • February 24, 2026

... social engineering scripts, reducing days of manual research into hours or minutes. 'BoaLoader' malware reflects the first major convergence of AI ...

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AI-Driven Threat Actors Achieve Rapid Lateral Movement On February 24, 2026, ReliaQuest released its 2026 Annual Threat Report detailing how threat actors can achieve lateral movement within networks in as little as four minutes. The report highlights the use of advanced social engineering scripts and 'BoaLoader' malware, which leverages AI to enhance the efficiency of cyberattacks. Organizations are urged to bolster their defenses against these evolving tactics. 1 sources 26

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