And
that’s
just
the
tip
of
the
iceberg
when
it
comes
to
the
trends
that
defined
the
cyberthreat
landscape
in
the
final
four
months
of
2022.
Data
from
the
latest
ESET
Threat
Report,
which
provides
an
in-depth
look
at
the
threat
landscape
from
September
to
December
2022,
confirmed
several
previously
observed
trends.
The
key
of
them
was
a
continuous
decline
in
all
but
one
monitored
malware
category.
Curiously
enough,
however,
the
overall
drop
in
numbers
in
T2
and
T3
2022
did
not
correspond
to
the
year-over-year
figures,
which
exhibited
growth
in
several
areas,
including
downloaders
and
email
threats.
The
only
category
that
saw
growing
numbers
throughout
the
year
was
Android
threats.
In
T3
2022,
Android
malware
activity
shifted
to
a
higher
gear,
increasing
by
57%.
We
also
observed
several
interesting
Android
spyware
variants
wielded
by
criminals
and
APTs
alike.
In
contrast,
ransomware
detections
in
ESET
telemetry
remained
steady
in
the
last
four
months
but
demonstrated
a
worrying
tendency
toward
the
ever
more
destructive.
This
was
true
mostly
because
Russia-aligned
APT
groups
unleashed
data-destroying
ransomware
variants
on
Ukraine
and
its
allies.
However,
there
was
also
a
case
where
Russian
organizations
and
their
data
were
hit.
If
you
want
to
dig
deeper
into
these
topics
but
just
don’t
feel
like
reading
the
whole
49
pages
of
the
ESET
Threat
Report
T3
2022,
listen
to
this
episode
of
the ESET
Research
Podcast
hosted
by
ESET
Distinguished
Researcher
Aryeh
Goretsky
and
his
guest,
ESET
Security
Awareness
Specialist
and
one
of
the
report’s
authors, Ondrej
Kubovic.
For
the
full
experience
though,
head
over
here:
ESET
Threat
Report
T3
2022
ESET
APT
Activity
Report
T3
2022
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