The ESET Threat Report T3 2022 explores the impact of cryptocurrency exchange rates and soaring energy prices on various crypto-threats and the continuing influence of the war in Ukraine on the world of cybercrime.
Highlights include:
- Since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, ransomware has increased its destructive capabilities; in T3, several ransomware-mimicking wipers appeared in connection with the war, targeting Ukrainian entities.
- RDP password-guessing attacks remained down in T3 2022, with daily averages oscillating around 100 million attack attempts (compared to 1 billion in T1 2022).
- Despite patches being available since December 2021, exploitation attempts of Log4j grew by 9% in T3 2022.
- Cryptocurrency threats declined by 25% in T3 2022, with detections almost cut in half in a year-on-year comparison; while crimeware is decreasing, cryptocurrency-related scams are rising.
- Banking malware detections more than doubled in a year-on-year comparison.
- Android detections grew by 57% in T3 2022, with Adware, HiddenApps, and Spyware driving the increase.
The ESET Threat Report T3 2022 summarises the cybersecurity threat landscape development from September to December 2022. It includes key statistics from ESET’s cutting-edge detection systems and highlights notable examples of ESET’s cybersecurity research.
Discover the key findings from the Threat Report in this webinar with ESET Principal Threat Researcher Robert Lipavsky and ESET Security Awareness Specialist Ondrej Kubovic:
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