Security News > 2021 > November > 5 predictions to help you focus your web app security resources in 2022
The past year in web app cybersecurity was anything but calm, and if predictions on the coming year from PerimeterX CTO Ido Safruti are accurate, it's going to be another year of struggles to protect web apps.
Safruti predicts a 2022 in which custom-tailored malware, bot attacks and post-login fraud spike, causing leaders to finally confront the reality of online fraud: It varies greatly, is becoming more selective in its targets and is present everywhere from before login to well after a username and password are entered.
Safruti and PerimeterX make the following five predictions for web app security in 2022, and the complete picture looks like one in which a security storm with limited solutions is on the horizon.
In case you're curious as to whether or not these predictions are reliable, Safruti points to his report card for last year's predictions.
Commodified attack tools are cheap, and free videos are available online that help budding cybercriminals learn to use their tools, Safruti said.
Safruti points to a 1.2TB database released in June 2021 that contained information from over 3.2 million Windows computers, including over 400 million valid web login cookies.