Security News > 2023 > April > Study of past cyber attacks can improve organizations’ defense strategies

Evolving threats The war between Ukraine and Russia unleashed a flurry of amateur and state-sponsored attacks and breaches on organizations and critical infrastructure.

"As move forward in 2023, data extortion and attacks of opportunity will continue to evolve, employing different extortion tactics and techniques to force victims to pay the ransom. With threats evolving quickly, security organizations must operationalize threat intelligence by gathering data from every possible source, then effectively processing, correlating, and incorporating that information into day to day security operations to reduce risk," Barton continued.

As more businesses and individuals work remotely and use devices to access sensitive internet-facing systems, the attack surface increases, giving cybercriminals more attack vectors.

Many organizations use these platforms to collaborate and share code, increasing the attack surface.

These factors make source code repositories an attractive target for cybercriminals, and organizations must be vigilant to protect themselves.

Many companies and organizations do not have sound vulnerability management programs to identify and fix vulnerabilities in their software systems, making them attractive targets for cybercriminals, highlighting the need for a vulnerability management service to identify and prioritize vulnerabilities to protect against these threats.

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