The Cybercrime Pyramid. Sergey Golovanov, Kaspersky

2020 was the infamous drama that touched everybody on the planet. Industries too were drastically affected by last year’s events, and will continue to feel the consequences of 2020 for many years to come. Cybersecurity is one such industry. Driven by cybercriminals’ actions, the threat landscape has changed dramatically. The general trends and dynamics of 2020 will continue throughout 2021 and later. In this presentation we’ll review the ‘pyramid’ of cybercrimes in 2020 and 2021. Based on scams (including phone scams), in the middle of the pyramid we have ransomware affecting companies and governments around the globe. At the top of the pyramid we have ‘advanced persistent threats’ (APTs), which have been extremely successful in the last 18 months due to increased vulnerability on the defense side due to the pandemic.