FortiGuard Labs predicts weaponising of intelligent edge to alter future cyberattacks 11:26 | 24/12/2020
FortiGuard Labs has highlighted growing security risks in the future
FortiGuard Labs predictions reveal strategies the team anticipates cybercriminals will employ in the near future, along with recommendations that will help defenders prepare to protect against these oncoming attacks, according to FortiGuard Labs.
Cyber adversaries leveraging intelligent edges, 5G-enabled devices and advances in computing power will create a wave of new and advanced threats at unprecedented speed and scale. In addition, threat actors will continue to shift significant resources to target and exploit emerging edge environments such as remote workers or even new operational technology edge environments, rather than just targeting the core network.
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FortiGuard Labs’ Derek Manky talks about how threat playbooks can equip defense teams with the tools they need to fight back against evolving attacker TTPs.
Security defense strategy can be extremely complex, with security teams grappling with tens of thousands of information points and evolving attacker techniques, said Derek Manky, Chief of Security Insights & Global Threat Alliances at Fortinet’s FortiGuard Labs.
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FortiGuard Labs has created threat playbooks to help companies deal with this complexity, by exposing attack techniques utilized by attackers (including Indicators of Compromise and Tactics, Techniques and Procedures). These adversary playbooks – such as a recent playbook about a JavaScript RAT targeting verticals in the governmental monetary and financial sectors in Asia – give defense teams the tools to combat specific types of threats, said Manky.
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From eCommerce threats, to attacks at the smart edge, Fortinet researchers discuss the top evolving threats of 2020, heading into the new year.
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Though eCommerce threats are usually only top-of-mind during the holiday shopping season, researchers have been on high alert when it comes to cybercriminal activity in the retail space during all of 2020, due to troves of new shoppers and stores going online.
That’s according to Derek Manky, Chief of Security Insights & Global Threat Alliances, and Aamir Lakhani, Security Researcher at Fortinet’s FortiGuard Labs, speaking during this week’s Threatpost podcast.