Attackers’ Dwell Time Plummets as Ransomware Hits Continue, Mandiant reports. The longer attackers can spend in an organization’s network, the more chance they have to jump to systems, crack passwords, find and exfiltrate valuable data and maybe leave crypto-locking malware on systems. 59% of security incidents were initially detected by the organizations themselves – an improvement of 12% from the prior year. But many organizations still aren’t rapidly detecting attackers inside their networks, and the longer attackers lurk the more entrenched they become.”]