Financially motivated threat actors continue to evolve their ransomware tactics with new innovations that increase the potential damage of these infections. With no sign of slowing, these attacks are disruptive and costly and have a potentially far-reaching and pervasive impact on economies and societies, particularly when considering disruptions to healthcare or industrial facilities that could endanger lives.

The latest M-Trends 2021 report is packed with data from Mandiant's frontline incident response experience and unparalleled threat intelligence into the most impactful breaches and attacker behaviors around the world. But there is a deeper story to be told.

UNC2682 is a cyber-espionage threat group that has recently leveraged several zero-days in SonicWall Email Security solutions.

Gaming industry that handles large amounts of money and personally identifiable information (PII) is always one of the favored targets for cyber criminals, who will go to great lengths to compromise your systems or data. Recent ransomware attack impacting pokies and hotel bookings system in Tasmania’s casinos is one of the examples of being the target for cyber criminals. The attack has disrupted casinos operations for 10 days and also impacted hotel check-in services.

Attackers have become skilled at rapidly detonating ransomware within victim environments. By taking certain steps companies can quickly halt a ransomware intrusion and take action to contain and remediate the compromise, protecting critical data and wrestling control of their environment away from attackers.

Operating on the front lines every single day, FireEye Mandiant team of incident response consultants handle hundreds of engagements every year, relying on their knowledge and expertise combined with extensive information as well as capabilities provided by dedicated Threat Intelligence and Malware Reverse Engineering functions. Able to intervene from the initial detection to the final resolution of the incident, including investigation and remediation support, Incident Responders rely on advanced and custom tailored endpoint, network and digital forensics technology, able to intervene and operate at large enterprise scale.

With more frequent and sophisticated cyber-attacks, organizations face increased risk of missing critical threats. At the same time, the ability to find and retain expertise across cyber security functions continues to impact an organization's ability to implement effective cyber defenses.

Combining our experience in the field with our in-depth knowledge of attackers and their techniques, we have built a unique, immersive and interactive session which challenges you to make the necessary key decisions during a cyber attack.

Legacy tools designed before the cloud era do not deliver comprehensive visibility into the entire external attack surface, leaving assets out of sight and potentially vulnerable. Confirming this, Mandiant observed 21K+ critical and high severity issues across the customer base from January to March 2022.