2021 网络威胁预测报告 - FortiGuard（英文版）.pdf

1、Cyber Threat Predictions for 2021 An Annual Perspective by FortiGuard Labs WHITE PAPER 2 Introduction Each year at this time, we take a look at trends across the technology landscape to predict emerging security issues, whether just around the corner or further afield. Predicting security threat tre

2、nds may seem like more art than science, but the reality is that combining a strong understanding of how threats develop and what sorts of technologies cyber criminals gravitate toward (both to use and to exploit) with evolving business trends and strategies helps make predictions a reasonably strai

3、ghtforward process. However, this also requires having spent years identifying and assessing cyber-criminal activities and behaviors, working closely with law enforcement to track down and catch criminals, and building strategies designed to thwart malicious activity. And the cybersecurity threat re

4、searchers at FortiGuard Labs have spent the last 20 years doing just that. While some of the details may change, attack patterns, criminal behaviors, and objectives are relatively constant when seen through the lens of experience. Mapping these predictable behaviors against technology trends yields

5、critical insights into the sorts Threat actors are shifting significant resources to target and exploit emerging network edge environments, such as remote workers and the cloud. of things organizations need to be preparing for if they want to protect their connected resources from tomorrows cyberatt

6、acks. These include the theft of data and intellectual property, evolving ransomware techniques, device compromise, social engineering, and other looming digital threats. Over the past several years, this annual predictions report has touched on such issues as the evolution of ransomware, the risks