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

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In particular, we witnessed an increase in distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks and a surge in the usage of the internet of things (IoT). Earlier in 2021, we detailed the hidden costs of ransomware in our eBook. Ransomware. Since mid-October 2021, there have been more than 25 active strains of ransomware circulating.

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Ransomware, BEC and Phishing Still Top Concerns, per 2021 Threat Report

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Read more about the hidden costs of ransomware in our eBook. BEC remains a very lucrative business; the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) got 19,369 BEC complaints in 2020, resulting in adjusted losses of $1.8 As the data extortion trend took off, we also saw massive payouts to ransomware actors.