COVID-19 changed our personal and business lives in ways we never imagined, especially on the technology front. Consumers started using online services at monumental rates, as evidenced by explosive growth across Amazon, Netflix, and on-demand delivery apps. Businesses accelerated the pace of digital transformation with never-before seen speeds, reflected in the meteoric rise of video conferencing, remote work, and cloud growth. Governments increased their use of websites and social media to keep citizens updated on the latest developments in the pandemic and to assist with scheduling appointments for tests and vaccines.
Cyber adversaries certainly didn’t overlook the pandemic as an opportunity. This isn’t just speculation. Since March 2020, Anomali Threat Research has tracked pandemic-related malicious cyber activities, which to date include thousands of indicators of compromise (IOCs), numerous distinct campaigns associated with multiple threat actors, dozens of different malware families, and many various MITRE ATT&CK techniques in use.
Some parts of the world are starting to rebound from the pandemic’s impact, but while there is still uncertainty around when we will fully recover, it’s a sure-fire bet that a more cloud-dependent future will be part of our new “normal.” Public and private sector organizations that want to succeed not only have to innovate to fulfill consumer and business demands for digital products and services, but also how to defend them against adversaries that are increasingly sophisticated and stealthy.
Much of the development problem has been solved, with providers like Amazon, Microsoft, and Google providing the foundation for cloud applications and services such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure, and Google Cloud. Global organizations have even, in many cases, built their own private cloud platforms that can easily and rapidly deploy innovations to any connected endpoint. Unfortunately, cybersecurity hasn’t kept pace. I ..
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