CrowdStrike's blog post analyzes the tactics, techniques, and procedures used by Maze ransomware, highlighting how it exploits valid user credentials to infiltrate networks and move laterally. Maze operators typically avoid using 0-day vulnerabilities due to their complexity and cost, instead leveraging existing credentials and tools like Mimikatz for credential harvesting. The post details various stages of Maze attacks, including initial access, reconnaissance, lateral movement, and privilege escalation, emphasizing the importance of mitigating these threats through robust security practices such as monitoring for weak passwords, limiting account privileges, and enforcing adaptive authentication. CrowdStrike's Falcon Zero Trust platform is presented as an effective solution for detecting and preventing Maze attacks by offering security assessments, threat detection, and prevention policies. The piece concludes by stressing the need for enterprises to adopt a proactive security posture to reduce the risk of ransomware attacks.