Fortinet FortiGuard Labs recently released their global threat landscape report for the second half of 2022. Among the takeaways: In this webcast, SC Media’s Bill Brenner discusses those takeaways with Derek Manky, chief security strategist and VP of Global Threat Intelligence for Fortinet FortiGuard Labs.
- The mass distribution of wiper malware continues to showcase the destructive evolution of cyberattacks.
- New intelligence allows CISOs to prioritize risk mitigation efforts and minimize the active attack surface with the expansion of the “Red Zone” approach.
- The ransomware threat remains at peak levels with no evidence of slowing down globally with new variants enabled by Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS).
- The most prevalent malware was more than a year old and had gone through a large amount of speciation, highlighting the efficacy and economics of reusing and recycling code.
- Log4j continues to rear its ugly head among organizations in all regions and industries, most notably across technology, government, and education.
