SonicWall released a report detailing the impact of the work-from-home pandemic in 2020. The report highlights how COVID-19 provided cybercriminals with opportunity for more powerful, aggressive and numerous attacks, thriving on the fear and uncertainty of remote and mobile workforces navigating corporate networks from home. A 62% increase in ransomware globally, and 158% spike in North America, points to more sophisticated tactics and more dangerous variants, like Ryuk, to earn an easy payday. More ‘never-before-seen’ malware variants were discovered in 2020, a 74% year-over-year increase.
Source: https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2021/03/17/threat-actors-remote-workforces/