State Sponsored Cyber Activity Report 2021

The cybersecurity threat landscape has been evolving and growing exponentially in recent years and 2021 has been no exception. With the emergence of new threats almost daily in 2021, it was inevitable for consumers to feel the effects of cybercrime through disruption and delays across a large number of industries and organizations. Along with private enterprises, government agencies have become an increasingly common target for threat actors resulting in cybersecurity moving to the forefront as a priority for national security.

Many Western government organizations have begun implementing a proactive and offensive approach, in response to the growing amount of threats that are backed by nation-states. In 2021, intelligence related to cyber-operations has been observed by the nation-states of Iran, China, Russia, and North Korea. 

Herjavec Group’s Threat & Vulnerability Management Team has analyzed the evolving global threat landscape in 2021 and reported on law enforcement countermeasures, threat actor responses to countermeasures, state-specific cyber threat activity, and the global impact of Israeli-based NSO Group’s mobile device spyware, Pegasus.

Read the report to understand these threat landscape developments and get guidance from Herjavec Group security experts on how to prevent and deal with an active cybercrime incident.