It is helpful to examine recent trends in cybersecurity to make predictions for 2022. The largest ever cyberattack on food production, the Kaseya ransomware attack by REvil, the Health Service Executive attack on the Irish healthcare system, and the Colonial Pipeline attack on oil infrastructure in the US all occurred in 2021. Businesses should be reminded by incidents like these that, first, no industry is safe from cybercriminals.
In addition, it appears that nothing is safe from cybercrime any longer: Ransomware and data breaches pose risks to food, health, and even the education of children.
Listening to the experts is another method for predicting the cybersecurity challenges that businesses will face in 2022. According to a report published by the data and analytics company GlobalData, "attackers will target immature technologies, such as Smart Cities Market, the Internet of Things (IoT), and 5G communications."
At Verdict this week, we contacted cybersecurity experts working in a variety of fields to gather predictions for 2022 from insiders who are currently monitoring the threat landscape. We have received perspectives from a variety of sectors, including energy, oil, transportation, logistics, aerospace, automotive, healthcare, retail, and finance.
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“We've seen traffic around deepfake attacks increase by 43% since 2019 based on the hacker chatter we track on the dark web. This indicates that hackers will undoubtedly increase their interest in deepfake technology and will inevitably use deepfake attacks more frequently in 2022.
