The May 2025 APAC Intelligence Insights report shows major increases in ransomware activity, compromised accounts, and leaked bank cards compared to April, alongside rising DDoS and hacktivist operations. A key global highlight focuses on credential harvesting through compromised Privileged Access Management systems, where attackers can alter PAM to intercept and store authentication credentials for later exfiltration. The report explains how easily PAM can be abused, how organizations can detect and respond to such attacks, and why stronger controls like key‑based SSH authentication are essential as credential‑theft techniques grow more sophisticated across APAC.

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