The SANS 2021 Top New Attacks and Threat Report is now available for download, covering the security trends and top threats to watch for as the world emerges from the pandemic. Presented at the SANS threat expert panel discussion held during the RSAConference 2021 Virtual Experience, the top attack category the report highlights is supply chain attacks – and with good reason.
Supply chain attacks that infect legitimate applications to distribute malware to users are on the rise. Although the first major example of this type of attack was the NotPetya campaign back in 2017, the SolarWinds breach, which made headline news in December 2020, elevated supply chain attacks to the top of the list for SANS experts. Since then, companies including Accellion, Codecov and Kesaya have all been victims of such attacks that went on to impact thousands of downstream businesses around the globe. ...read more!
