Attack sophistication is growing. 20 years ago, social engineering had already made inroads and automated attacks were on the rise, with denial-of-service, browser executable attacks, and techniques for uncovering vulnerabilities in the binary code of applications.
Today, attacks are bigger, faster, and deeper, ranging from blended (cyber-physical) attacks and malicious counterfeit hardware, to entire supply chain compromises and adaptive attacks on critical infrastructure.
Yet in another sense attacks are on a downward trend, possibly giving enterprises and individuals a better chance of protection.
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