Companies lack the right skills to monitor the hastily adopted tools, b ut industry is resolving the issue.

While implementing cloud-based solutions in the pandemic, companies prioritized continuity and productivity and security fell behind. The most popular apps, based on the percentage of users who interact with them, are Microsoft OneDrive, Google Drive, Amazon S3, and Box, Netskope found. Bad actors are creating malware customized for the cloud and updating old malware with focus on Docker containers and written in languages like Golang for running cross-platform, the 2021 IBM Security X-Force Cloud Threat Landscape Report said. Netskope anticipates the trend to continue into 2022.Ĭryptominers and ransomware are the most common malware in cloud environments, IBM found. However, last year cloud-based malware delivery plateaued at about 66% from Q2 through Q4, the report said. Threat groups, including Emotet, took advantage of cloud apps in 2020 increasing from 46% of malware delivery in Q1 to 65% in Q4. It is not just that attackers are continuing to deliver malicious content using Office docs and cloud apps, but that they continue to have success in reaching users,' said Ray Canzanese, threat research director at Netskope Threat Labs, via email.īecause Netskope's findings are based on blocked malware, the hacker's attempts to get a user to open a malicious download were initially successful.

'The most concerning finding was the continuing trend of malicious Office documents and cloud app abuse for malware delivery. Attackers leverage popular cloud apps because users trust solutions they use daily.

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