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Deep Instinct report finds 125 % increase in threat types and novel evasion techniques
D eep Instinct , the first company to apply end-to-end Deep Learning to cybersecurity , has unveiled findings from its bi-annual Threat Landscape Report .
The Deep Instinct Threat Research team extensively monitored attack volumes and types and then extrapolated its findings to predict where the future of cybersecurity is heading , determine what motivates attackers and most importantly , lays out the steps organisations can take now in order to protect themselves in the future .
One of the most pronounced takeaways from this research on 2021 threat trends is that bad actors are becoming more successful at evading AI / Machine Learning technologies , prompting organisations to redouble efforts in the innovation race .
Specific attack vectors have grown substantially , including a 170 % rise in the use of Office droppers along with a 125 % uptick in all threat types combined . The volume of all malware types is substantially higher versus pre-pandemic .
In addition , threat actors have made a discernable shift away from older programming languages , such as C and C ++, in favour of newer languages , such as Python and Go . Not only are these newer languages easier to learn and to program versus their predecessors , but they also have been less commonly used and are therefore less likely to be detected by cybersecurity tools or analysed by security researchers .
“ Recent major events , such as Log4j and Microsoft Exchange server attacks , have placed a heightened priority on security , but these threats have long deserved the attention they ’ re just now getting on a global level ,” said Guy Caspi , CEO of Deep Instinct .
Aston University to work with EY on cybersecurity research to support government strategy
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The Cyber Security Innovation ( CSI ) Centre at Aston University will work with
EY Cyber Security Consulting on the £ 180,000 project for the Department for Digital , Culture , Media and Sport ( DCMS ) to research and map the UK cybersecurity ecosystem .
The project will consider the current environment , conditions and interventions that exist to influence or affect companies providing cybersecurity products , services or solutions to support and contribute to the development and growth of cybersecurity businesses in the UK .
This research aims to provide the DCMS with robust evidence of a region-by-region picture of where public , private , academic and industry support mechanisms are in place and to identify service and geographical gaps in their provision .
“ From the datasets collected that include different cybersecurity businesses , incubators , accelerators , clusters , academic centres of excellence and other different mechanisms from across the UK , analysis will be conducted to provide a region-by-region basis of practices involved ,” said Dr Anitha Chinnaswamy , Lecturer in Cybersecurity Management at the CSI Centre at Aston Business School .
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