- The cybersecurity researchers from Cyberthint have released the Global Cyber Threat Intelligence Report 2022.
- According to the report, the most dangerous and damaging cyber attack type in 2022 was ransomware, as expected.
- The report includes many interesting statistics alongside the big cybersecurity incidents from the last year; it is available for download in PDF format.
It’s been a tough year from the cybersecurity perspective; several big incidents happened during 2022. Especially ransomware has been a big issue for organizations and companies; from Nvidia to Uber, CISCO, and Twitter, many giants suffered from those attacks. With the collaboration of Cyberthint cybersecurity researchers and Cloud7, the Global Cyber Threat Intelligence Report 2022 is released.
15 new ransomware groups
According to the report, there are at least 15 new active ransomware groups compared to 2021; and the number of ransomware attacks is increased by an incredible 82% as well. While Lockbit was the most aggressive group of 2022 by far, at least 2,400 companies were victims of ransomware.
Ransomware attacks mostly affected the services industry, with 32%, followed by manufacturing with 12%. The country that suffered the most from ransomware attacks in 2022 was the USA, as expected; the UK, Germany, Canada, and France follows it.
Additionally, there are new APT groups that emerged in the last year: Dark Pink, Polonium, and Earth Longzhi. APT groups especially had a big role in the Russia – Ukraine war that started at the beginning of 2022. The most exploited vulnerabilities include Spring4Shell, SAP ICMAD, ProxyNotShell, and Log4Shell.
30 million credit cards on sale
In the black markets, the most sold products were stolen credit card information by far, reaching almost 30 million cards. Stealer logs has also high volume, with approximately 3 million; the list goes on with web shells, cracked SMTPs, and cracked RDPs with way lower volumes.
The report also includes the predictions for this year, 2023. Most noticeable topics include the possible cyber attacks from nations/states, increased volume of ransomware attacks, deepfake frauds, cyber threats affecting mobile devices, and more.
Click here to download Cyberthint 2022 Cyber Threat Intelligence Report