- The exclusive research included in the report provides previously unpublished information about APT group operations: ProxyShell exploitation; OilRig campaign and activities by the infamous cyberespionage group the Dukes (aka Cozy Bear).
- ProxyLogon vulnerability was the second most frequent external attack vector in ESET’s 2021 statistics, right after password-guessing attacks.
- Microsoft Exchange servers fell under siege again in August 2021 via ProxyLogon’s “younger sibling”, named ProxyShell, which has been exploited worldwide by several threat groups.
- Attacks exploiting the Log4Shell vulnerability were the fifth most common external intrusion vector in 2021.
- RDP attack numbers from the last weeks of T3 2021 broke all previous records, amounting to a staggering yearly growth of 897%.
- Ransomware surpassed the worst expectations in 2021, with attacks against critical infrastructure, outrageous ransom demands and over USD 5 billion worth of potential bitcoin transactions in H1 2021 alone.
- Android banking malware detections rose by 428% in 2021 compared to 2020.
- Emotet botnet has been resurrected.
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About ESET
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