Security News > 2020 > February > Cyberattackers decreased their activity at the end of 2019, but only to change tactics

Across the board, malicious cyber-activity was down partly as a result of hectic holiday schedules and vacations with fewer employees around to interact with malicious activity.

This decrease in activity also tracks to the heightened malicious activity Nuspire researchers saw at the beginning of 2019.

"Year over year, adversaries have demonstrated their ability to evolve and increase the sophistication of their attacks doing more harm, faster than ever. While organizations must continually refresh cybersecurity policies, stress hygiene best practices, and practice effective change management, it's critical to have trusted partners that you can lean on to assist with both the response and remediation efforts."

A variant of the notorious Mirai IoT botnet, despite almost completely ceasing activity by the end of the year, continues to reign supreme as the most prevalent botnet, followed by Andromeda, Necurs and Conficker.

Significant increase in exploit attempts for IFS Remote Code Execution furthered the point that attackers recycle through older attack methods to catch enterprises when they least expect it.

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