2021 Webroot BrightCloud® Threat Report

Discover what it takes to become cyber resilient.

Whenever there’s a major news event, you can bet cybercriminals are working overtime to take advantage. The COVID-19 pandemic was no different.

In this year’s Webroot BrightCloud® Threat Report, we analyzed threat activity throughout 2020 to discover new trends affecting the cyber threat landscape.

Notable findings for 2021 include:

• Phishing spiked by 510% from January – February 2020 alone.
• Approximately 1 in 10 malicious sites is hosted on a benign domain
• 1.4 million URLs still host cryptojacking scripts, half of which don’t work anymore.

New industries are reporting higher-than-average infection rates.

Download the full report to read our insights and predictions.