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<br>In the upcoming year, digital transformations will be a top priority, malicious actors might launch ever-evolving attacks organisations have to buck up their defenses with trend micro maximum security practices and solutions.<br>
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Pushing Forward: Key Takeaways From Trend Micro’s Security Predictionsfor 2022 In2022asenterprisesbattletargetedattacks,maliciousactorswithimprovedtoolsof thetradewilltargetsmallerbusinesseswithcommoditizedtoolsofthetrade. Additionally,cybercriminalswillaim tofilltheirblackmarketswiththe ever-growingdata volumefromconnected cars. Intheupcomingyear,digitaltransformationswillbe atoppriority,maliciousactorsmight launchever-evolvingattacksorganisationshavetobuck uptheirdefenseswithtrend micromaximumsecuritypracticesandsolutions. • Ascompaniesevolvetheirsupplychainoperations,globalsupplychains willbetargetedbyfourfoldextortiontechniques • Companies will make their supply chains more resilient in the upcoming year by investingintheirsupplychaindevelopmentprocessesanddiversification strategies.However,maliciousactorswilltrytotakeadvantagebylaunchingtarget attacks • Companies canapplythezero-trustapproach toprotecttheirsupplychains,in • which they can exchange data and can interact the way they want through continuousverifications. • Inordertoprotecttheirenvironmentsagainstavarietyofthreats,companieswill • employcloudsecuritybasics toachieveamanagedlevelofrisk. • Themaliciousactorswillkeepthemselvesupdated byusingnewtechnology with triedandtrue attacksandcarryoutattacks throughthem.
Forcybercriminals,theyarealwaysawareofthestrategiesthatwouldcontinueto work.They useloweffortbutimpactfultacticstogetaccesstocloudapplications andservicesandstealemailcredentials.exploitingknownvulnerabilities,and abusingunrotatedaccesskeys,notsecurecontainerimages,andunsecured secrets. • Businessesneedto knowthebasicsofcloudsecurityiftheywanttokeeptheir cloudenvironmentssafe.Implementingasharedresponsibilitymodel,usingawell- architectedframework,encrypting,patching,andbringingintherightlevelof expertise are a few things they should do. Having tighter security protocols in place forbuildingsystems canalsobenefitthem. • Toensurethatthey areprotectedagainstthethreatthecompanieswillsettheir sightsonprotectingservers’ applicationcontrolpoliciesandstringentserver- hardening.Thecompaniescan alsooptforactivate trendmicro. • Serverswillbethe mainransomwareplayground • Therearechancesofhavingtworansomwarethreats.Theransomwareattackswill be more targeted and highly prominent. The tactics however will be the same they will be used to compromise difficult targets which might be even bigger than previousones.Modernransomwareisa newdevelopment,itishighlypossiblethat mostenterpriseshave notmade theexactsamemitigationastheymadefor endpoints. • Secondly,weforeseemodernandsophisticatedmethodsofextortionbecoming more prevalent in the ransomware landscape. The attackers will be able to use thedataextortedfromtheirvictimsinthesamewayas innation-stateadvanced persistent threats (APTs) so they can simply skip the encryption process entirely. Using this method, the focus shifts from denying access to critical data to leaking and mining stolen information for abuse and compromise. We also anticipate that as more companies migrate to the cloud the cloud will be an even more lucrative targetforcybercriminals. • We have been observing a lot of security incidents this year, so these ransomwarepredictionsfromtrendmicroactivationarebasedonthose. Businessesshouldfollowserver-hardeningguidelinesforallrelevantapplications andoperatingsystemsasameanstoprotecttheir serversagainstawiderange of ransomware attacks.
