The 2024 Elastic Global Threat Report, released by Elastic Security Labs, offers a detailed analysis of over one billion data points to understand the evolving methods and trends of cyber threat actors, providing crucial insights for enhancing security strategies. The report highlights the rise in credential access attacks, the misuse of offensive security tools, and the impact of access brokers and the infostealer ecosystem, emphasizing the need for rotating exposed credentials and utilizing user and entity behavior analytics. It also notes widespread misconfigurations in cloud security posture, advocating for the use of the Center for Internet Security benchmarks to improve settings and threat detection. Additionally, the report underscores a significant focus on Defense Evasion techniques, particularly on Windows systems, and recommends vigilant monitoring of endpoint visibility and process injection indicators. While the report provides a snapshot of anticipated threats and defenses for the upcoming year, the release of any described features remains at Elastic's discretion.