2021 has been a year fraught with difficult news for the global IT industry. Cyberattacks are manifesting at an all-time high. The rampant nature of various digital crimes exposes some alarming statistics for the ongoing year. Read More: https://instasafe.com/blog/top-cybersecurity-trends-to-be-aware-of-in-2022/
2. 2021 has been a year fraught with
difficult news for the global IT
industry. Cyberattacks are
manifesting at an all-time high.
Cybersecurity Trends
Cybersecurity Trends 2022
85% of these breaches in 2021
involved a human element, while
35% of all attacks were socially
engineered cyberattacks.
As an organization, it is vital to
keep in mind the top cybersecurity
trends to be aware of in 2022.
3. Google has reportedly witnessed
about 18 million phishing emails
and spam messages disguised as
COVID-19 messages.
80% of Canadian businesses
reportedly encountered phishing
scams.
Businesses must educate their
employees about sanitary
browsing habits and enforce
stringent authentication mandates
Phishing Attacks
Cybersecurity Trends 2022
4. Cloud-native and hybrid services
are also in the cross-hairs of
hackers.
Companies must also take note of
security loopholes in Kubernetes
clusters, such as vulnerabilities in
the Kubelet APIs and servers,
pods, Docker APIs, etc.
Organizations need to inculcate
strict multi-factor authentication
and supervision with every user
activity and third-part log-in.
Cloud Attacks
Cybersecurity Trends 2022
5. Brute force hacking techniques
are frequent in ransomware
attacks, which means malware
injections proliferate at
unprecedented scales.
The size of the ransomware
racket is growing at an alarming
pace. 60% of these attacks were
committed by the top 3 DDoS
hacker groups themselves.
Ransomware attacks have
targeted 1097 businesses in Q1
2021 itself.
Ransomware attacks
Cybersecurity Trends 2022
6. The inability to constantly
scrutinize external data sources
and user hardware for infections
has paved the way for
cyberattacks.
Educating employees about the
perils of poor network security
etiquette can go a long way in
reducing the challenges caused
by gaps in physical and
information security.
Remote device-network perimeter challenges
Cybersecurity Trends 2022
7. In the last couple of years,
cyberattacks instigated by
employees on the employer
network have increased globally
by 47%.
At least 55% of organizations,
who participated in a survey,
confessed that users with
‘privileged’ access were their
greatest insider threat risk.
Insider attacks
Cybersecurity Trends 2022
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attacks and how to prevent them
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Cybersecurity Trends 2022
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