State-Sponsored Mobile Threats, Space-Related Hacks and More
Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks
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Fraud Management & Cybercrime
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Information Sharing
State-Sponsored Mobile Threats, Space-Related Hacks and More
Every year, the WatchGuard Threat Lab team likes to dust off the crystal ball and predict how cyber threats will evolve next year. Last year, we made a variety of predictions including the rise of spear phishing campaigns driven by automation, a revolt over smart device privacy, attacks swarming VPNs and RDPs, and more – many of which came true. But as we put 2021 in the rearview mirror, it’s time to make our annual cybersecurity predictions for 2022. This year, the team tried to infuse some humor into the predictions, so if you’d like to watch the “SNL Weekend Update” parody videos of these predictions, click through here. Now without further ado, let’s dive into some of the predictions.
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