Cybercrime is a problem that is only escalating and is bad for business, as one might anticipate. Regardless of how you feel about it, it forces your business to take action in order to secure its infrastructure.
Current threat landscape
It's critical to understand the danger landscape in order to understand what you're up against. Studying this offers you a general idea of the kinds of problems you can anticipate seeing, and just like the environment, it is constantly changing—never remaining static for very long. Even the most creative security researchers and the developers backing them up constantly face numerous threats that aim to impede their work. What will you do to safeguard your company from these difficulties?
We saw hacktivists launch disruptive assaults, steal technological source code, and utilise wiper malware last year, in addition to hacks on vital infrastructure (particularly rail).
A cyberattack that affected the websites and production lines of the Mobarakeh Steel Company (MSC), Khouzestan Steel Company (KSC), and Hormozgan Steel Company (HOSCO) occurred in June and July of 2022. The hacktivist collective Gonjeshke Darandehat, who earlier in the year used wiper malware to damage the Iranian train system, claimed responsibility for the attack. This incident proves that threat actors can attack key infrastructure, regardless of their intentions or affiliations.
A number of disruptive attacks on businesses in the manufacturing, oil, water, and electric utility sectors occurred between the months of August and September. The fourth-largest U.S. health system with 140 associate hospitals, CommonSpirit Health, was the target of a ransomware attack in October. The attack caused delays in patient operations such as surgery. Moreover, there were numerous cyberattacks across Europe. A ransomware attack at the French hospital Corbeil-Essonnes in December led to a data loss and operational interruption.
Additionally in November, a cyberattack targeted Continental, a major player in the automobile and rail industries that creates cutting-edge technologies including autonomous brake systems, vehicle monitoring systems, and navigational systems. Prior to the attack, the attackers had already broken into Continental's networks, giving them access to countless technical documents and source code relevant to Continental's cutting-edge technologies. The possibility of attackers gaining access to these technologies' source code is quite concerning.
Mitigation tips
The most important thing you can do to safeguard your company is to make sure your staff are aware of the threats they pose and their own personal duty to keep your company safe. You should create a thorough cybersecurity training course that is updated on a regular basis, then give it to your workers.
You can give advice on how to make secure passwords, use two-factor authentication, recognise phishing scams, and other topics. People will behave more consciously throughout the day if you instruct them about security.
Many software components make up your company, so be sure that all of them are updated to prevent the newest attacks from exploiting a flaw. This also applies to browser add-ons. Researchers advise putting a plan in place to periodically assess your IT assets to make sure they are patched, updated, and secured.
