COMMERCE,
Mich., Feb.
15,
2023 /PRNewswire/
— Nuspire, a
leading
managed
security
services
provider
(MSSP),
today
announced
the
release
of
its Q4
and
Year
in
Review
2022
Threat
Report.
The
quarterly
report
provides
a
comprehensive
analysis
of
the
threat
landscape,
parsing
malware,
botnet
and
exploit
data
as
well
as
breaking
down
the
tactics,
techniques
and
procedures
(TTPs)
favored
by
cybercriminals.
Nuspire’s
latest
report
validates
the
presumption
that
2022
yielded
the
most
threat
activity
in
history.
While
Q4
saw
dips
across
all
three
sectors
Nuspire
monitors,
including
malware,
botnets
and
exploits,
the
net
sum
for
the
year
shows
a
marked
increase,
especially
in
the
case
of
exploits,
which
nearly
doubled.
“We
saw
some
normal
ebbs
in
threat
activity
over
the
year,
but
the
surges
were
stunning,
delivering
a
volume
of
attacks
we’ve
never
seen
before,”
said
J.R.
Cunningham,
Chief
Security
Officer
at
Nuspire.
“While
many
of
the
methods
focused
on
securing
quick
wins,
like
phishing
and
exploiting
unpatched
vulnerabilities,
we
also
saw
a
rise
in
more
coordinated
threat
group
attacks
on
large
organizations
and
critical
infrastructure.
Expect
2023
to
have
more
of
this
activity,
as
well
as
adversaries’
increased
attention
toward attacking
consumer
IoT
devices.”
Notable
findings
from
Nuspire’s
quarterly
report
include:
-
Exploit
activity
grew
by
105%
in
Q4
2022,
with
total
2022
exploits
nearly
doubling
over
2021.
Brute
forcing
was
the
most
popular
tactic,
increasing
by
nearly
400%
over
Q3
2022. -
Malware
jumped
nearly
35%
in
Q4,
with
its
year-over-year
increase
reaching
6.85%.
Nuspire
attributes
this
relatively
smaller
increase
to
the
positive
effects
of
Microsoft’s
decision
to
block
Visual
Basic
for
Applications
(VBA)
macros
by
default
for
Office
files. -
Botnets
jumped
by
30%
in
2022,
with
banking
trojan
Torpig
Mebroot
comprising
more
than
40%
of
all
botnet
activity
throughout
the
year.
“If
2022
showed
us
anything,
it’s
that
threat
actors
are
not
only
increasingly
adept
at
finding
ways
to
circumnavigate
established
cybersecurity
defenses,
but
also,
they
bring
a
level
of
agility
that
lets
them
quickly
course
correct
when
a
vector
loses
viability,”
said Craig
Robinson,
Research
VP
for
Security
Services
at
IDC.
“We’ve
seen
the
emergence
of
new
security
technologies
aimed
at
thwarting
a
more
creative
and
sophisticated
adversary
population,
but
no
specific
technology
can
replace
the
value
of
targeted
threat
intelligence
to
understand
what’s
out
there,
how
they’re
doing
it
and
what
you
can
do
to
protect
yourself.”
Access Nuspire’s
Q4
and
Year
in
Review
2022
Threat
Report to
view
the
data
and
learn
key
mitigation
strategies
for
protecting
your
organization’s
environment.
About
Nuspire
Nuspire
is
a
managed
security
services
provider
(MSSP),
offering
managed
security
services
(MSS),
managed
detection
and
response
(MDR),
endpoint
detection
and
response
(EDR)
that
supports
best
in
breed
EDR
solutions,
and
cybersecurity
consulting
services
(CSC)
that
includes
incident
readiness
and
response,
threat
modeling,
digital
forensics,
technology
optimization,
posture
assessments
and
more.
Our
self-service,
technology-agnostic
platform,
myNuspire,
allows
greater
visibility
into
your
entire
security
program.
Powered
by
the
self-healing
always
on
Nuspire
Cyber
X
Platform
(CXP),
myNuspire
will
help
CISOs
alleviate
the
pain
associated
with
tech
sprawl,
provide
intelligence
driven
recommendations,
solve
for
alert
fatigue
and
help
their
clients
become
more
secure
over
time.
Our
deep
bench
of
cybersecurity
experts,
award-winning
threat
intelligence
and
three
24×7
security
operations
centers
(SOCs)
detect,
respond,
and
remediate
advanced
cyber
threats.
Our
client
base
spans
thousands
of
enterprises
from
midsized
to
large
enterprises
that
span
across
multiple
industries
and
geographic
footprints.
For
more
information,
visit www.nuspire.com and
follow
us
at
on
LinkedIn
@Nuspire.
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