Kaspersky detects an average of 400,000 malicious files every day. These add up to 144 million annually. The threat landscape is constantly updated through new malware and spyware, advanced phishing methods, and new social engineering techniques. The media routinely report incidents and leaks of data that end up publicly accessible on the dark web. Hacker attacks constantly hurt individuals, corporations, and entire countries, and not just financially. In certain cases, cyberattacks may threaten human lives, for example if they target critical infrastructure.
Last year, the cybersecurity of corporations and government agencies was more significant than ever before, and will become even more so in 2023. As part of the Kaspersky Security Bulletin, the DFI (Digital Footprint Intelligence) and DFIR (Digital Forensics and Incident Response) teams have come up with an overview of threats that will be relevant to the segment in question.
More personal data leaks; corporate email at risk
The trend for personal data leaks grew rapidly in 2022 and will continue into 2023. Last year saw, a number of high-profile cases, such as Medibank, Uber, and WhatsApp. The leaks affected various organizations and amounts of data. For example, last September, an attacker offered for sale a database containing 105 million records with information about Indonesian citizens. The compromised data included full name, place and date of birth, gender, as well as national identification number. The perpetrator valued the data, seemingly taken from the General Elections Commission of Indonesia, at US$5,000 and put it up for sale on the dark web.
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