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What a difference a year makes, or does it?

Webroot

There was the infrastructure ransomware attack on the Colonial Pipeline in May 2021, which caused the company to cease operations for days. Also the attack on JBS USA , which fell victim to ransomware and threatened U.S. Over the course of the last year, “SMBs continued to be the prime target of ransomware authors.

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2022: The threat landscape is paved with faster and more complex attacks with no signs of stopping

Webroot

Threats abound in 2021. In 2021, we witnessed so many competing shifts, many of which we detailed early on in our 2021 BrightCloud® Threat Report. Ransomware. Earlier in 2021, we detailed the hidden costs of ransomware in our eBook. The evolution of ransomware as a service (RaaS) has vastly proliferated.

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GUEST ESSAY: Here’s why managed security services — MSS and MSSP — are catching on

The Last Watchdog

Whether you prioritize cybersecurity or not, cybercriminals will always prioritize (their own) profit, as the attacks described in our 2021 Threat Report prove. Here’s why: •Managed security services provide round-the-clock monitoring 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and 365 days a year. Tipping the scale favorably.

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