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2019 Recap: A Year to Remember

McAfee

As detailed in our August Threat Report , our Advanced Threat Research discovered that new ransomware samples had increased 118% from Q1 to Q2. Threat Predictions for the Year Ahead. Here are the top five threat predictions for 2020. Broader Deepfakes Capabilities for Less-Skilled Threat Actors.

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APT trends report Q1 2021

SecureList

One of the suspected FinFly Web servers was active for more than a year between October 2019 and December 2020. Our latest reports focus on the changes the threat actor made to the September and November versions of its backdoor. It was first publicly documented in 2014, in the aftermath of the Gamma Group hacking incident.

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