IT security trends 2023 (part 2): Why iPhones are hackers’ best friends, rootkits are celebrating a renaissance, and uncertainty is bad for IT security

In the second part of the blog series, Tim Berghoff, Stefan Decker and Karsten Hahn explore current trends in IT security. Their views focus on the effects on IT security of the past years of crisis, the importance of smartphones in cyber attacks, and the return of rootkits as part of the attack chain.