SonicWall’s New Cyber Threat Report Exposes Soaring Threat Levels, Historic Power Shifts In
18 / Mart / 21
Cybersecurity is a dynamic field, and each year brings the introduction of new attack vectors, shifts in favored targets, and refinements in cybercriminal techniques.
But very few years have brought the sort of change we saw in 2020.
“2020 offered a perfect storm for cybercriminals and a critical tipping point for the cyber arms race,” said SonicWall President and CEO Bill Conner in the official announcement. “The pandemic — along with remote work, a charged political climate, record prices of cryptocurrency, and threat actors weaponizing cloud storage and tools — drove the effectiveness and volume of cyberattacks to new highs. This latest threat intelligence offers a look at how cybercriminals shifted and refined their tactics, painting a picture of what they are doing amid the uncertain future that lies ahead.”
The year was bookended by two historic events: the COVID-19 pandemic and the SolarWinds supply-chain attack. The former brought disruption so deep it succeeded in changing something as basic as the very way we do work. The latter struck the IT world to its core, setting off a chain reaction that would impact thousands of businesses, pulling back the curtain on a type of breach impervious to virtually all existing defenses.
In between, cybercriminals ramped up their efforts, weaponizing cloud-based tools and driving many threat vectors to new levels. Too often, their prey consisted of those least equipped to bear it — remote workers unaware of the risks that exist outside the corporate perimeter, overwhelmed healthcare facilities, and schools and universities struggling to make the transition to remote learning.
SonicWall Capture Labs threat researchers were on hand to track these seismic shifts in real time, and we’ve compiled their insights in the 2021 SonicWall Cyber Threat Report. Here’s a preview of what they discovered:
● Ransomware Sets New Record
● Patented RTDMI More Formidable Than Ever
● IoT Malware Jumps 66%
● Cryptojacking Carries On Without Coinhive
● Intrusion Attempts Rise, Attack Patterns Change
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