Researchers say human operated ransomware campaigns are growing more sophisticated. They are adopting new infection tactics and lateral movement techniques that traditional defense teams aren t equipped to handle. Human operated ransomware attacks focus on compromising accounts with high privileges. Microsoft said one trend it has observed is a smash-and-grab technique, where attackers infiltrate a system via brute force and proceed with deploying the ransomware, credential theft, and other attacks all in less than an hour, decreasing the chances of affected victims to intervene.
Source: https://threatpost.com/next-gen-ransomware-packs-a-human-punch-microsoft-warns/153501/