Security News > 2021 > June > VPN attacks up nearly 2000% as companies embrace a hybrid workplace

Nuspire released a report which outlines new cybercriminal activity and tactics, techniques and procedures with additional insight from Recorded Future.

"As companies return to a hybrid workplace, it's crucial that they are aware of the evolving threat landscape," said Craig Robinson, Program Director, Security Services at IDC. "The data highlighted in this threat report by Nuspire and Recorded Future shows that security leaders need to stay vigilant as threat actors see opportunity in the continued era of remote access."

In Q1 2021, there was a 1,916% increase in attacks against Fortinet's SSL-VPN and a 1,527% increase in Pulse Connect Secure VPN. These vulnerabilities allow a threat actor to gain access to a network.

Because of the significant increase in VPN and RDP vulnerabilities, the report discovers malware, botnet and exploitation activity are down compared to Q4, but threat actors are still on the prowl.

ZeroAccess has come and gone over many Nuspire threat reports and will usually appear with massive bursts of activity before going quiet, sometimes for months before re-emerging again.

SMB login brute force attempts contained 69.73% of all exploit activity witnessed in Q1. Similar to the observed activity in Q4, these attacks came in a very active "Wave" near the end of the quarter.

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