As the conflict in Ukraine continues to drive state-sponsored attacks and hacktivist activity, ransomware is still the leading security threat to public organizations and enterprises globally and shows no signs of slowing down. Why is this? The answer is simple: the technique continues to work, and the malicious actors behind the attacks keep getting paid. And with ransomware-as-a-service groups vying with each other to win new affiliates and grow their revenues, these threat actors are not just getting bigger, they are getting more successful too.
At the same time, we’ve seen the re-emergence of old hacking tricks in the form of USB-borne malware infections, new easy-to-use AI tools for cyber activities becoming available with the emergence of ChatGPT, and new vulnerabilities being exploited on mobile devices. The only way that organizations can defend themselves against this onslaught of threats is to take an integrated, prevention-first approach to protecting their whole IT estate, from cloud to endpoint. Cyberattacks can, and will, happen. But with the right security technologies in place, the majority of attacks, even the most advanced ones, can be prevented without causing disruption or damage.
