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In 2022, we will observe state-sponsored groups targeting the cryptocurrency industry, while cybercriminals will take advantage of investors by fabricating rogue wallet with backdoors included. On top of that, we are likely to witness the growth of attacks against payment systems and more advanced mobile threats. These are the key predictions from Kaspersky’s ‘Cyberthreats to Financial Organizations in 2022’ report.

The growth of phishing attacks mimicking e-payment pages was spotted in the run-up to the Black Friday period. The total number of financial phishing attacks disguised as e-payment systems more than doubled from September (627,560) to October 2021 (1,935,905), indicating a 208% increase. This and other findings are in Kaspersky’s ‘Black Friday 2021: How to Have a Scam-Free Shopping Day’ report.

To help organizations evaluate the best endpoint protection platforms and endpoint detection and response solutions for their needs, the IDC MarketScape reviewed data submitted by MES vendors between April and September 2021, to position the capabilities of the companies.

To mark the second anniversary of the Coalition Against Stalkerware co-founded by Kaspersky, the digital privacy company commissioned a global survey of more than 21,000 participants in 21 countries about their attitudes towards privacy and digital stalking in intimate relationships. Stalkerware enables a perpetrator to digitally monitor another person’s private life via a mobile device without the victim’s consent.

Kaspersky researchers presented their vision of the future for advanced persistent threats (APTs), outlining how the threat landscape will change in 2022. Politicization playing an increasing role in cyberspace, the return of low-level attacks, an inflow of new APT actors and a growth of supply chain attacks are some of the predictions outlined by the researchers.

This statistic correlates with the growing usage of non-corporate or ‘“shadow IT’” services.

A new global survey, commissioned by Kaspersky, explores the role of healthy digital habits in the family, as well as the effect of parents’ behavior on children and vice versa

The Paris Call Working Group 6, co-chaired by Kaspersky and Cigref, with expert support from GEODE, has delivered its analytical report introducing concrete tools to enhance ICT supply chain security. After six months of international multi-stakeholder discussions, it publishes this collective work for the 2021 Paris Peace Forum.

More than half (52%) of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and enterprises (56%) gave ‘the need for special expertise’ as their number one reason for engaging third-party security specialists in 2021, according to the Kaspersky annual IT Security Economics report. To help IT security workers reach that highly sought after professional level, Kaspersky has expanded its online training portfolio with the Advanced Malware Analysis Techniques course for established reverse engineers, incident responders, and digital forensic specialists.

From the beginning of January 2020 through to the end of June 2021, Kaspersky products detected more than 93, 000 infection attempts disguised as the top five streaming platforms: Netflix, Disney+, Apple TV+, Amazon Prime Video and Hulu. When it comes to original shows on streaming platforms, The Mandalorian and Money Heist were the shows most frequently exploited to spread malicious activity due to their popularity.