Cybersecurity threats in 2023

2022 has turned out to be a year no one probably expected it to be: ongoing military conflict with significantly new lessons learned by cyber ‘firefighters’, and a ‘cyberwar’ that never happened (or did it happen?) – despite being feared to beforehand in expert discussions. Why? What lessons are we to take from the cyber realm to continue the search for cyber-stability in spite of the current geopolitical tensions among key cyber powers in international relations? And what trends are we likely to see in the future in shaping cyberspace?

We invited experts and representatives of the international multistakeholder community to join us in an expert discussion to address these questions, and to reflect on the key cyber events of 2022 and how they may have changed our perception of ‘cyber-stability’.

The discussion will focus on three key questions that representatives of the government sector and cyber diplomacy, the technical community, security researchers, academia, law enforcement professionals, and civil society will discuss:
• A cyberwar never took place – is this really the case, and why or why not?
• What key cyber events in 2022 shall we as the international community study? What have they taught us?
• What can we – the international community – expect in 2023 and beyond in terms of hope for achieving cyber-stability?

Speakers:
• Mauro Vignati, Adviser on new digital technologies of warfare, International Committee of the Red Cross
• Vladimir Radunović, Director, E-diplomacy and Cybersecurity Programmes, DiploFoundation
• Costin Raiu, Director of Global Research and Analysis Team, Kaspersky

The discussion will be concluded by a Q&A session.

Cybersecurity incidents were plentiful in 2022 – and most significant changes in the ICS threat landscape are mostly determined by geopolitical trends and the subsequent macroeconomic factors. In the webcast, Evgeny Goncharov, Head of Kaspersky ICS CERT, will share predictions of what we should expect to happen in cybersecurity of industrial organizations and OT systems in 2023.
These predictions are the sum of the opinions of Kaspersky’s ICS CERT team based on their collective experience in researching vulnerabilities, attacks, and incident response, as well as the experts’ personal vision of the main vectors driving changes in the threat landscape.

Contents:
• Year 2022 - key takeaways
• Developments in the APT world
• Risk factors due to geopolitical ebb and flow
• Additional technical and technological risk factors
• Most noteworthy techniques and tactics in future attacks

Speaker:
Evgeny Goncharov,
Head of Kaspersky ICS CERT

The political turmoil of 2022 brought about a shift that will resonate in cybersecurity for years to come and have a direct impact on the development of future sophisticated attacks. The 2023 forecast is based on the expertise of the Kaspersky Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT), and the operations it has witnessed while tracking more than 900 APT groups and campaigns this year.

During the session, David Emm and Pierre Delcher will guide you through the trends were tracked throughout 2022 and the implications that last year’s events may have in 2023.

Speakers:
David Emm, principal security researcher
Pierre Delcher, senior security researcher
Global Research and Analysis Team, Kaspersky

As the financial threat landscape has been evolving dramatically over the past few years, Kaspersky experts believe it is no longer enough to look at the threats to traditional financial institutions. We must assess financial threats as a whole. The cybercrime market has been developing extensively, with the overwhelming majority of attackers pursuing one goal – financial profit.
This year, Kaspersky researchers have decided to adjust their predictions accordingly, expanding them to encompass both crimeware developments and financial cyberthreats. In a webinar on crimeware and financial threats, Kaspersky’s GReAT representatives – Dan Demeter, Dmitry Galov, and Marc Rivero – will analyze the key events and trends of 2022 and forecast several important tendencies expected in 2023.

Contents:
• A look back at 2022 financial cyberthreats predictions
• An overview of significant events and trends of 2022
• Predictions for 2023
• Q&A session

Speakers:
Marc Rivero, Dan Demeter, Dmitry Galov, Global Research and Analysis Team, Kaspersky