Ransomware is still one of the top cyberthreats, with the number of variants almost doubling in the last six months. Meanwhile, the work-from-anywhere trend is also attracting attention, with endpoints remaining a target for exploit trends.
Ransomware remains a threat and cyber adversaries continue to invest significant resources into new attack techniques. Many exploits of vulnerabilities at the endpoint involve unauthorized users gaining access to a system with a goal of lateral movement to get deeper into corporate networks. In addition, services such as a digital risk protection service can be used to do external surface threat assessments, find and remediate security issues, and help gain contextual insights on current and imminent threats.Wiper malware trends reveal a disturbing evolution of more destructive and sophisticated attack techniques continuing with malicious software that destroys data by wiping it clean.
To minimise the impact of wiper attacks, network detection and response with self-learning artificial intelligence is helpful to better detect intrusions. Also backups must be stored off-site and offline.Examining adversarial strategies reveals takeaways about how attack techniques and tactics are evolving.