cyber trends

MCAFEE ENTERPRISE AND FIREEYE HAVE RELEASED 2022 THREAT

PREDICTIONS , EXAMINING THE TOP CYBERSECURITY THREATS THEY PREDICT ENTERPRISES WILL FACE IN 2022 .

McAfee Enterprise and FireEye expect them to pivot those into next year ’ s campaigns and grow in sophistication , wielding the potential to wreak more havoc across the globe .

Skilled engineers and security architects from the recently combined entity offer a preview of how the threat landscape might look in 2022 and how these new or evolving threats could potentially impact enterprises , countries and civilians .

“ Over this past year , we have seen cybercriminals get smarter and quicker at retooling their tactics to follow new bad actor schemes – from ransomware to nation states – and we don ’ t anticipate that changing in 2022 ,” said Raj Samani , Fellow and Chief Scientist of the combined company .

“ With the evolving threat landscape and continued impact of the global pandemic , it is crucial that enterprises stay aware of the cybersecurity trends so that they can be proactive and actionable in protecting their information .”

McAfee Enterprise and FireEye 2022 predictions :

Use of social media for targeted attacks . While this approach is not new , it is relatively uncommon . After all , it does demand a level of research to ‘ hook ’ the target into interactions and establishing fake profiles are more work than simply finding an open relay somewhere on the Internet . That being said , the targeting of individuals

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