This report will look at how ransomware caused gas shortages on the east coast, why a Justin Bieber tour might have put on the phone with a malware distributor, and what an increase in SMS phishing means for mobile security. We’ll also explore the evolving relationship between malware distributors and one of the world’s most successful ransomware gangs, and how legitimate cloud services now provide the infrastructure for a majority of malicious activity.

In the first half of 2022 SonicWall Capture Labs threat researchers recorded 2.8 billion malware hits globally, an 11% increase year to date over 2021. The amounts to an average of 8.240 malware attempts per customer. Based on data collected, the true culprits behind the rise in malware have been crypto-jacking and loT malware, which have risen 30% and 77% respectively, year to date.

Weak passwords abound, and ATO is interrupting services critical to every aspect of online life: working, streaming, ordering, paying, and just plain connecting. Raising security awareness of this topic can certainly help; but the ATO threat will remain endemic until the problems inherent to password use are resolved.

Amid our worldwide bedlam, this report is aimed at informing for the purposes of preparation. Whether you find yourself in the midst of government affairs, technology management, or business operations, the state of rising factors impacts nearly every country, either directly or indirectly, and provides a ripe setting for cyberattacks to thrive. Based upon research conducted and shared amongst our various practices in DevSecOps, Offensive Security, Governance-Risk-Compliance, Threat Intelligence, and Research, we have completed our overall analysis to focus on the following evolving threats as we navigate through 2022.

This report was created by the ConnectWise Cyber Research Unit (CRU) - a dedicated team of ConnectWise threat hunters that identifies new vulnerabilities, researches them, and shares what they find for all to see in the community. The CRU monitors ransom leak sites and malicious botnets for new threats, uses OSINT resources, and utilizes data from the ConnectWise SIEM powered by Perch to help create content and complete research.

This report explores how CISOs are adjusting in the wake of pandemic disruption, adapting strategies to support long-term hybrid work and battling an increasingly sophisticated threat landscape. We also examine how people put organizations at risk and how CISOc change priorities in response.

Based on Arete case data, the commonly observed techniques and vulnerabilities of 2021 will likely not change through most of 2022. In the Arete Annual Crimeware Report, we will discuss: notable tactics and techniques observed in threat actor campaigns, notable negotiation insights gleaned from ransomware cases, how law enforcement has changed its games and how the threat landscape will evolve in 2022.

For many cybersecurity community, the past several months have been a dumpster fire. We’ve analyzed and tracked definitive data from more than 1,500 incident response and forensic cases over 12 months to provide unique visibility into the state of ransomware.

This 2021 State of Phishing and Online Fraud Report highlights the key trends that drove digital scams using data gathered from analyzing more than one billion sites. A multitude of factors drove record growth in fraud campaign activity in 2020 with an increase of 185% from what was observed in 2019.

The findings in this report represent the collective intelligence of FortiGuard Labs, drawn from a vast array of network sensors collecting billions of threat events observed in live production environments around the world.

The Fortinet Threat Landscape Index (TLI) was developed to provide an ongoing barometer of overall malicious activity across the internet. The TLI is based on the premise that the cyber landscape gets more threatening as more of our sensors detect a wider variety of threats at a higher volume.

Cybercriminals have always been opportunists, and the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic offered more proof of this than perhaps any other event before it.

Over the past 12 months, SonicWall Capture Labs threat researchers have diligently tracked the meteoric rise in cyberattacks, as well as trends and activity across all threat vendors.

The Secureworks Counter Threat Unit (CTU) research team analyzes security threats and helps organizations protect their systems. During September and October 2021, CTU researchers observed notable developments in threat behaviors, the global threat landscape, and security trends, and identified lessons to consider.

The Secureworks Counter Threat Unit (CTU) research team analyzes security threats and helps organizations protect their systems. During May and June 2021, CTU researchers observed notable developments in threat behaviors, the global threat landscape, and security trends, and identified lessons to consider.

The Secureworks Counter Threat Unit (CTU) research team analyzes security threats and helps organizations protect their systems. During July and August 2020, CTU researchers observed notable development in threat behaviors, the global threat landscape, and security trends, and identified lessons to consider.

This annual report offers important lessons and recommendations for security teams operating in today’s environment, where visibility and speed are more critical than ever.

This report will give a snapshot of 2020’s mobile threat landscape and dive into emerging trends we anticipate carrying into 2021.

The first update to the Fortinet regular Threat Landscape Report for 2022. Covers major trends in threats as determined by Fortinet’s global sensor network.

This report describes how money laundering is typically performed in the context of large-scale cyber heists. It illustrates key parts of the typical processes used by cyber criminals with examples to help better inform readers on areas they should focus on to better prevent, detect and respond to money laundering. In addition, the report offers perspectives on areas in which controls could be further improved and how money laundering techniques may evolve

The pandemic has changed everything. What strategies are CISOs and other security leaders implementing to ensure their organizations are secure in today’s uncertain environment? This report contains the 8 trends worth following to more effectively mitigate human risk in 2022.