Research Round Up
THIS MONTH'S LATEST CYBER SECURITY RESEARCH From security vendors, bloggers, and analysts
Author: Maya Horowitz, VP Research at Check Point Software Technologies
- “In 2022, the proportion of email-delivered-attacks has increased, reaching a staggering record of 86% of all file-based attacks in-the-wild.”
- “The Russia-Ukraine war demonstrated how traditional, kinetic war can be augmented by a cybernetic war. It has also influenced the broader threat landscape in the rapid changes of hacktivism and how independent threat actors choose to work for state-affiliated missions.
- The war has also seen enhanced usage of wiper malware, malware that intends to erase or wipe data of the drive it infects, and this trend has been adopted by several actors, reaching a point where 2022 has seen more wiper attacks globally, than in the previous decade altogether.”
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- In 2021 systems and software giant, IBM Security found that over half of SMBs had experienced a cyber-attack largely as the result of the pandemic where new hybrid working models were introduced or with the increased migrations to cloud infrastructure.
- IBM notes that 40% of SMBs do not have comprehensive and updated cyber-security incident plan. Other findings of the IBM research found that or companies with less that 500 employees the cost of an average Cyber breach was around $3m per incident.
- More than 50% of chief risk officers (CROs) will report directly to the CEO.
- A C-level executive will be fired for their firm’s use of employee monitoring.
- A Global 500 firm will be exposed for burning out its cybersecurity employees
SecureList by Kaspersky: What your SOC will be facing in 2023
Authors: Sergey Solatov, Roman Nazarov
- Ransomware will increasingly destroy data instead of encrypting it
- Public-facing applications will continue to be exploited for initial access
- More supply chain attacks via telecom
- More reoccurring targeted attacks by state-sponsored actors
- Rise in attacks on Media outlets
EMP Research
- Future-proof: bunkered data centres and the selling of ultra-secure cloud storage
- Challenges in Protecting Cyber Critical Infrastructure-GOA
- North Korea’s Satellites Could Unleash Electromagnetic Pulse Attack
- Critical Infrastructure Cyber Recommendations Go Largely Unaddressed-Nextgov
- EMP/Solar flare-Grid Down Consulting
- Infrastructure Security-CISA
Cyber Security Podcasts-Compiled by Fabian Weber
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