Security News > 2021 > November > Attackers Will Flock to Crypto Wallets, Linux in 2022: Podcast

Ransomware is on the rise, and attackers are massing in never-before-seen numbers, lining up to find victims.

According to its 2022 predictions, upcoming threats will target an expanding attack surface, meaning that 2022 is "Shaping up to be a banner year for cybercriminals. Attacks will continue to span the entire attack surface, leaving IT teams scrambling to cover every possible avenue of attack."

"We will see attacks spanning further outside of the extended network, even into space, as attackers take advantage of a fragmented perimeter, siloed teams and tools as well as a greatly expanded attack surface. These threats will leave overwhelmed IT teams scrambling to cover every possible avenue of attack."

He recently visited the Threatpost podcast to discuss what FortiGuard Labs is seeing, be it more Mirai - the No. 1 botnet listed in the company's threat landscape report for the first half of 2021 - to more Linux-based botnets and more.

"More Linux-based botnets. A lot of these targets, we're not talking about Windows, but MacOS, we've already seen more and more code written for Linux itself, and that is a majority of the space."

Fortinet is also predicting that attacks will continue to span the network, including an increase in attacks targeting Operational Technology systems, Manky said.

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