FINAL WORD
How threat actors have responded to the evolution of remote access security
The move to remote working has seen an increase of the attack surface which cybercriminals have been keen to exploit . Mark Lukie , APAC Sales Engineer Manager , Barracuda , tells us how the approaches of bad actors have evolved in response to the evolution of remote access security .
We are now into the third-year of COVID-induced disruptions to our work and personal lives . One of the most immediate and significant impacts to COVID was the rapid shift to large-scale remote working . This trend inevitably increased the attack surface of organizational IT assets , a development that threat actors of all kinds were quick to exploit .
The initial imperative that precipitated the widescale shift to remote working has now passed . Remote working is now becoming an integral part of Digital Transformation , and good security is being implemented from the outset , not as a best-effort , lastminute add-on to enable the essential shift to remote working .
That ’ s the good news . The bad news is that just as organizational approaches to remote access security have evolved , so too have those of bad actors of all persuasions . Here are some developments most likely to threaten organizations in 2022 and beyond .
AI-enabled business email compromise ( BEC )
The Barracuda Spear Phishing : Top Threats and Trends Vol . 7 – Key Findings on the Latest Social Engineering Tactics and the Growing Complexity of Attacks report found that in 2021 cybercriminals sent out three million messages from 12,000 compromised accounts .
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