The Threat Report: Fall 2022

In the third quarter of 2022, Trellix delivered a new, powerful resource to support the future of extended detection and response (XDR) and cybersecurity. The Trellix Advanced Research Center, comprised of hundreds of elite security analysts and researchers was established to help customers detect, respond, and remediate the latest cybersecurity threats.

Threat actors also made headlines in Q3 2022 and our Advanced Research Center team countered with research and findings on a global scale. Our team took you through the dismantling of Revil including the steps taken to build their cybercriminal enterprise and the missteps that led to their downfall. The Advanced Research Center revealed what the code told us, the All-Star lineup and followed the money to REvil’s end. When United States Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan, our team examined the newsmaking geopolitical tensions after detecting a spike in regional cyber threat activity targeting the Taiwan government.

This first Threat Report presented by the Trellix Advanced Research Center, showcases the rapid research and real-time intelligence resources with notable data and findings from Q3 2022 including:

• Increased threats to Transportation and Shipping sectors.
• Increased threats to Germany.
• The proliferation of old CVEs – from 2016, 2017, 2018 – as the most commonly exploited in 2022.