Top 10 Unique Cyberattacks to be Prepared for in 2022

Unique cyberattacks can surprise organizations with unexpected approaches from cybercriminals

Globalization and advancements in cutting-edge technologies have instigated the global tech market to use smart devices for communication. This has given rise to unique cyberattacks from multiple different groups of cyberattacks. From uncommon data breaches to unusual cyberattacks, there are different modern approaches to cybercriminals. Organizations and individuals should be aware of these unique cyberattacks besides the traditional ones like phishing, email attacks, and many more. All these unusual cyberattacks help cybercriminals to demand a hefty amount of dollars through ransomware. Let's explore some of the top unique cyberattacks to be prepared for in 2022 to combat modern approaches of cybercriminals efficiently.

Top ten unique cyberattacks in 2022

Aquarium attack

Aquarium attack is one of the top unique cyberattacks to be prepared for. There are some interesting and modern approaches of cybercriminals to surprise organizations. There are cases where cybercriminals showed an uncommon knack for data breaches through an internet-connected aquarium controller. They are hacking smart aquariums to get access to multiple information efficiently.

Pirate radio transmission

Pirate radio transmission is one of the top modern approaches of cybercriminals. Cybercriminals tend to act as police officers through pirate radio transmissions in certain cases of robbery. Unknown voices pose as serious and official police officers to create a disturbance in the flow of communication.

Cyber friendship

Cyber friendship is an unusual cyberattack method where different kinds of techniques are used to instigate weak links and potential victims to install malware and other viruses. Modern approaches to cyberattacks are convincing enough for victims to click on multiple links to get into any system without facing any further issues.

Hotel lock

Hotel lock is one of the uncommon methods of cyberattacks. Here cybercriminals hack smart locks to lock the hotels with their code and demand thousands of dollars of ransomware to get unlock victims from hotels. This is the next-level unique cyberattack to keep guests out of their rooms with luggage inside. This has instigated some hotels to return to traditional door locking systems rather than leveraging cutting-edge technologies.

White attacks

White attacks are one of the top uncommon data breaches that have happened in the highly volatile cryptocurrency environment. There are two types of hackers here— black hackers and white hackers.  With White hackers, the system does not receive any notification or alert regarding the cyberattack. Here hackers can steal millions of dollars by committing uncommon data breaches and getaway.

Request for seafood

One of the modern approaches of cybercriminals is to request seafood as a unique cyberattack. More than 5,000 internet-connected objects started to search for different kinds of seafood. This unique cyberattack was achieved through an IoT malware that was sent to multiple smart devices including vending machines, to ask for seafood.

Pirate attacks on ships

Pirate attacks on ships are the traditional attacks in the sea. But the integration of modern approaches by cybercriminals has revolutionized pirate attacks also. Cybercriminals committed uncommon data breaches to get access to specific information about vessels and ships. Shipping companies suffered from uncommon cyberattacks through ransomware.

Ringing alarms

Ringing alarms are meant for emergency cases in any city or institution. But it has been seen as one of the unusual cyberattacks by cybercriminals to put citizens at risk. Around 156 alarms started ringing at midnight for over two hours. But no one could call for emergency help because it was a cyberattack and not some city health emergency.

Mobile malware

Mobile malware is one of the unique cyberattacks for mobile phone operating systems. This is another one of the modern approaches of cybercriminals to demand ransomware for releasing all kinds of sensitive and confidential information of thousands of users.

Cloud jacking

Cloud jacking is emerging as one of the unique cyberattacks with code injection for hampering all kinds of sensitive and confidential real-time data available in different clouds. Cybercriminals try to take control of data to commit uncommon data breaches through modern approaches of cybercriminals.