The attacker creates new domains through which to send threats or spam or uses known hosting services to bypass safeguards and get access to mailboxes.This could be another banner year for ransomware and other cyberattacks. “Almost as fast as thecybersecurity industry releases new security tools, adversaries evolve their techniques to circumvent them. This year will be no different,” according to IBM’s Security Intelligence report.
“Not surprising, [the] breaches will continue to happen and increase exponentially. However, in 2023 and beyond, we are going to see more significant breaches on a larger scale,” he predicted.“In fact, the expectation is to see well-funded hacker groups go for the ‘whales’—focusing on [businesses with] brand recognition. Companies such as Microsoft or Amazon, which everyone leverages at a personal and corporate level, will become those major targets.
, the CEO and co-founder of computer security firm Cyolo and a former Israeli Navy Cyber Unit founder and commander, said via email“In fact, we will see them pay very close attention to details within their security audits and reports, including remote connectivity, internal security policies, and the level of access they need—especially to understand those potential open cracks that can let malicious actors get in,” he noted.
“It will be mandatory to eliminate implicit trust and start asking the critical questions necessary to verify whether the third party is trustworthy or not and what level of access they can get,” he advised.