Working from home provides employees and companies benefits, but poor implementation in terms of network security set-ups will continue to put companies at risk. According to a McKinsey survey from May 2021, office space managers expect a 36 percent increase in work time outside of their offices, after the pandemic. While some aspects of public life have returned to normal, or a hybrid version of what society once was pre-pandemic, work from home will likely continue. Work from home will keep company doors open for cyber criminals Cyber criminals go where the money is and so they will continue to spread mining malware, malware with wallet content stealing capabilities, scams related to the trend, and will continue to carry out heists on exchanges,” says Kroustek. “Cryptocurrencies, like Bitcoin have risen in popularity over the past years, and experts believe their value will continue to rise in the next few years. With Bitcoin reaching a new all time high in 2021, Avast experts forecast a continuation of the use of crypto mining malware, cryptocurrency related scams, and malware targeting cryptocurrency wallets, as well as heists on exchanges in 2022.
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We also wouldn’t be surprised if more and more Mac and Linux users were to fall victim to ransomware, as malware authors have begun to consider these platforms when writing their code, in order to target a wider audience and thus maximize their profits.”Ĭybercriminals will continue to collect digital coins
He adds, “In order to do so effectively, a significant amount of automation will be required to identify valuable data, due to the larger number of individual targets, and their systems being more fragmented data sources. We expect this trend to continue, but also anticipate a resurgence of ransomware targeting consumers, with cyber criminals adapting some of the techniques used to attack businesses, like using multiple layers of extortion, such as data exfiltration followed by doxing,” Kroustek mentions. “Two years ago, the most successful ransomware gangs began shifting their focus from spray and pray-like attacks on consumers, to focusing on targeted attacks on businesses. Furthermore, attacks are expected to be carried out by company insiders, the researcher says. The Conti ransom gang recently threatened to sell access to the hacked organization in addition to selling or publishing files if a company refuses to pay. In order to better target businesses, the researchers believe cyber criminals offering ransomware as a service (RaaS) will improve affiliate models, including adding ransomware designed for Linux, better payouts, and building upon extortion layers. Jakub Kroustek, Avast Malware Research Director predicts the global ransomware crisis to deepen in 2022, with further attacks on critical infrastructure, such as aviation.
This year, vital businesses such as the Colonial Pipeline, JBS, one of America’s largest beef producers, and Swedish supermarket chain, Coop, were affected by ransomware. Studies have reported the total value of suspicious activity related to ransomware in the first half of 2021 was 30% higher than the amount filed for all of 2020.
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