TRENDING
• Organisations in multiple industries saw attacks related to the COVID-19 vaccine and associated supply chains .
• COVID-19 cybercriminal opportunism intensified , with groups such as the Ozie Team , Agent Tesla and TA505 , along with nation-state actors like Vicious Panda , Mustang Panda and Cozy Bear being very active in 2020 .
• The most commonly occurring forms of malware in 2020 were miners : 41 %; trojans : 26 %; worms : 10 %; ransomware 6 %.
• Cryptominers dominated activity in Europe , the Middle East and Africa ( EMEA ) and the Americas but were relatively rare in Asia Pacific ( APAC ).
The fall in security standards when companies need them most is alarming .
• OpenSSL was the most targeted technology in the Americas but was not even on the top 10 list in APAC .
• Ongoing fallout following the Schrems II decision invalidated the EU – US Privacy Shield and placed additional obligations on organisations transferring personal data from the EU to third countries .
• NTT ’ s research shows that 50 % of organisations globally are prioritising securing their cloud services – making it the top cybersecurity focus over the next 18 months .
Methodology for the report
The 2021 Global Threat Intelligence Report contains global attack data gathered from January 1 2020 to December 31 2020 . The analysis is based on log , event , attack , incident and vulnerability data from clients as well as from NTT ’ s global honeypot network . The report includes data from supported operating organisations including NTT ’ s Cybersecurity Advisory and WhiteHat Security , along with global primary research . p
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