Five Cyber Threat Trends for 2022
This report consolidates findings from Darktrace’s worldwide Cyber Analyst team to present five overarching trends observed in the Darktrace Customer Community in 2021. Significant developments have been identified within each trend to help indicate what organizations should be looking out for in 2022 and beyond.
Key trends explored include the expansion of ransomware tactics beyond encryption, supply chain exploitation, cloud account takeovers and advanced phishing. In each case, a real-world case study highlights how threat actors are innovating to evade traditional security defenses, and shows how these attacks can be stopped by an AI technology which learns its surroundings to stop never-before-seen attacks.
Trend 1: Technology Supply Chain Attacks
Several major incidents in 2021 demonstrated the far-reaching consequences of supply chain attacks, with attackers exploiting vulnerabilities in Kaseya, GitLab and Log4Shell to gain backdoor access into thousands of organizations, including governments, corporations, and critical infrastructure.
The IT and communications sector was identified as the most targeted by cyber-attacks among Darktrace’s customer base, with Darktrace’s Autonomous Response stopping 150,000 attacks per week in this sector alone. As technology supply chains become more complex, we can expect attackers to continue to target these businesses.
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Five Cyber Threat Trends for 2022
