BDO Cybersecurity Report 2017

The BDO 2017 Annual Cyber Threat Insights Report presents a compilation of the significant events of 2017, based on on-going research conducted, with our partners, for clients across many sectors globally. It provides a summary trends, a focus on the major events of the year, and a timeline of the most notable hacks/attacks that a CIO should be aware of. The research is based on essentially open source information augmented by the insight that our analysts gather from their daily activities in monitoring & investigating client-defined intelligence objectives and targets. It does not represent a survey of our clients, or present any client confidential information or opinion; nor is it based on confidential end-user or victim disclosures.

In this Report

• INTRODUCTION
• EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
• SUMMARY OF TRENDS
• NOTABLE EVENTS OF 2017
• MOST SIGNIFICANT ATTACKS IN 2017
  • Petya/NotPetya–WidescaleDestructive Cyber Attack
  • WannaCry–Global Destructive Malware Attack
  • Equifax Breach
  • Leak of Nation-State Attack Tools & Documents
  • Paradise Papers –Leak Exposes Tax Evasions Of Trillions Of Dollars
• SIGNIFICANT RANSOMWARE ATTACKS IN 2017
• SIGNIFICANT ATTACKS IN 2017
• SWIFT
  • BEC Attacks In 2017
  • Russian Intervention With U.S. Politics
  • Destructive Malware Attacks Against Saudi Arabia
  • DarknetMarket Activity During 2017
• OTHER NOTABLE ATTACKS IN 2017
• TIMELINE OF MAJOR EVENTS
• BDO CYBER THREAT INSIGHTS