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2021 in Review (And Other Horror Stories) | Huntress

2022-01-05 · Read original ↗

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5 predictions
T1486Data Encrypted for Impact
98%
"2021 in review ( and other horror stories ) | huntress there ’ s a funny story behind the creation of this blog. the content of this blog was originally going to be the focus of december ’ s tradecraft tuesday episode. we had an abstract written, speakers chosen and a presentatio…"
T1486Data Encrypted for Impact
94%
"chat through one of the scariest ransomware trends of last year : 0 - days. according to cybersecurity researchers, we saw more than double the amount of 0 - day attacks in 2021 than we did in 2020, easily slashing through any previous records for the number of 0 - days in one ye…"
T1190Exploit Public-Facing Application
64%
"your network. then, if a threat actor sneaks into your environment and launches a ransomware attack, you ’ ll be able to rely on the backup to get back up and running again. public - facing servers last year, public - facing servers were being exploited at an alarming rate. in fa…"
T1657Financial Theft
36%
"chat through one of the scariest ransomware trends of last year : 0 - days. according to cybersecurity researchers, we saw more than double the amount of 0 - day attacks in 2021 than we did in 2020, easily slashing through any previous records for the number of 0 - days in one ye…"
T1078Valid Accounts
32%
"makes sense — why target a chain of small businesses when they could instead target the one managed service provider ( msp ) that serves hundreds of them? it ’ s that ripple effect that makes msps and similar organizations such a high - risk target for bad actors. best practices …"

Summary

We recap some of the cybersecurity trends and events in 2021 to prepare for the new year.