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2022 - YEAR IN REVIEW

2022 - YEAR IN REVIEW

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The year of 2022 presented both new and evolving trends. We primarily recognized significant activity in five main areas – Russia’s war in Ukraine and its underground implications, the continued popularity and evolution of ransomware, the rise and endurance of initial access brokers (IABs), developments in the malware threat landscape and consistency in the search for and use of vulnerabilities. Additionally, we observed a variety of trends through an analysis of our General Intelligence Requirements (GIRs) from 2021 to 2022. Our research and collection methods largely are driven by our GIRs, however, we continue to acknowledge that new trends in our reporting, recurring requests for information (RFIs) and other significant activity from or against underground threat actors and/or services are equally important to our research into trending topics.

Key points :
  • LockBit 3.0 likely will remain the dominant ransomware variant in 2023 if the gang maintains its current operational strategies.
  • QBot malware instances are highly unlikely to decline in 2023 and will remain a key indicator and/or warning for ransomware-related activity.
  • Malware log services and post-exploitation frameworks likely will enable less sophisticated threat actors entry into cybercrime and additional illicit activity to be carried out.

Thank you for your interest.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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