Security News > 2022 > February > Cybercrime getting more destructive, remote workers in the crosshairs

Fortinet's threat intelligence from the second half of 2021 reveals an increase in the automation and speed of attacks demonstrating more advanced persistent cybercrime strategies that are more destructive and unpredictable.

New and evolving attack techniques span the entire kill chain but especially in the weaponization phase, showing an evolution to a more advanced persistent cybercrime strategy that is more destructive and unpredictable.

Linux runs the back-end systems of many networks and container-based solutions for IoT devices and mission-critical applications, and it is becoming a more popular target for attackers.

Botnet trends show a more sophisticated evolution of attack methods.

Threat trends demonstrate that botnets are evolving to adopt newer and more evolved cybercriminal attack techniques.

Evaluating the prevalence of malware variants by region reveals a sustained interest by cyber adversaries in maximizing the remote work and learning attack vector.

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