This edition of the SOTI focuses on malicious activity detected and managed over the course of 2020 via DNS filtering.

This report covers the cybersecurity threats tied to COVID-19 pandemic observed over the past year, detailing the socioeconomic drivers that contributed to the threat landscape. (more available)

This report provides the results of the third study the ACFE has done on the fight against fraud in the wake of COVID-19. (more available)

This report is based off of a survey of 7,000 office workers around the world. It looks at worker’s understanding of phishing and email clicking habits. (more available)

This report looks at spear-phishing attacks affecting organizations today. It identifies the 13 biggest threats, and how to defend against them. (more available)

Akamai’s end of year review of the key events of 2020 affecting information security. Compiles findings from other SOTI reports with additional commentary and data from the Akamai service footprint. (more available)

This report looks at online purchase scams, going into the overall impact of them, how scammers are engaging with their targets, monetary losses associated with online purchase scams, and the overall risk of an online purchase scam. (more available)

This report looks at the present state of Malicious uses of AI, then makes predictions for the future. It ends with recommendations to prevent malicious use of AI. (more available)

This report looks at the scale and complexity of cyberattacks on individuals and firms. It then goes into what needs to be done to deal with the complex and evolving threat of cyber attacks. (more available)

A review of the threat volume and characteristics affecting e-commerce.

The IRIS 20/20 Xtreme is a follow-up to the IRIS 20/20 study earlier this year, this time focusing on the 100 largest cyber incidents of the last five years, totaling $18 billion in reported losses and 10 billion compromised records. (more available)

This report looks into spear-phishing attacks as the education sector has moved to be remote. It looks at trends in ways they are targeting schools, as well as solutions organizations can use to defend against these attacks. (more available)

This report is based on a survey of investigators from over 150 organizations. It seeks to better understand financial crime and how companies deal with it. (more available)

This edition of the State of the Internet (SOTI)/Security report series focuses on the retail and hospitality sectors. An extensive review of how credential abuse attacks are carried out from both a methodology perspective and a volumetric angle is given. (more available)

This report reflects insights from 51 state and territory respondents on the CISO’s role, as well as budget, governance, reporting, workforce, and operations. (more available)

A survey of 260 cyber insurance brokers and 190 cyber insurers, on the challenges and opportunities in the cyber insurance space. (more available)

This is a report on a survey conducted by the ECSO from March 2020 to May 2020, with members of the cybersecurity community. (more available)

This report explores how the broad adoption of cloud services has affected cyber risk and fraud.

This report aims to help anti-fraud practitioners, business leaders, and the general public in understanding the evolution of fraud in the wake of the coronavirus, as well as the importance of heightening anti-fraud measures to protect against fraudulent activity during this unprecedented time. (more available)

This report was compiled from interviews with 1,004 company leaders in order to find the effect of remote work on their companies. (more available)

Tessian’s research reveals how distraction, stress and fatigue influence people’s ability to consistently make good cybersecurity decisions, and how the events of 2020 have highlighted why now - more than ever - businesses need to protect their employees. (more available)