Financial cybercrime in 2021 is set to evolve, researchers say, with extortion practices becoming more widespread, and advanced exploits being used more effectively to target victims. That s according to key predictions from Kaspersky. Researchers said the drastic COVID-19-related changes to the way people live and work has changed the way financial attackers operate. The implications of these shifts for 2021 are significant. Over the past year, companies became less secure due to hastily deployed remote work solutions. That has translated into a lack of employee training, default laptop configurations left unchanged and vulnerable remote access connections.
Source: https://threatpost.com/2021-financial-crime-covid-19/161665/