Health care was the worst-hit sector, with 97% of all hostile activity targeted at the industry being web application or application-specific attacks.
The report found that business and professional services were the most attacked industries in the Americas, accounting for 26% of all attacks. The US accounted for two of the highest rates of reconnaissance activity of any country analyzed, with 64% of all hostile action targeting the technology industry as some form of surveillance. In education, 58% of all hostile activity was reconnaissance.
Kazu Yozawa, CEO of NTT’s Security division, said that last year his company predicted a surge in targeted, opportunistic attacks and unfortunately, this has proven all too true.
Global Threat Intelligence Report 2021 de NTT: crecen hasta un 300 % los ataques oportunistas dirigidos a sectores específicos
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Cyber security by way of simple definition is the practice of defending computers, servers, mobile devices, electronic systems, networks, and data from malicious attacks.
These types of malicious attacks cripple companies and governments alike across the globe. Around the world numerous investments in cyber security are put in place due to the sensitivity of the matter.
As a result, security firms have sprung up in order to provide the much-needed protection of crucial data that can be detrimental when placed in wrong hands. One such company that has maintained a golden standard when it comes to security needs is Check Point. Pankaj Bhula leads Check Point’s EMEA as Regional Director for Africa. Pankaj has an experience spanning over 25 years in the Digital Technology Industry, both locally and internationally, which includes the likes of working for IBM, Dimension Data, Microsoft and SAP. Capital got hold of Pankaj for an in-depth insight. Excerp
Mobile cyber attacks on Indian firms up 845% in last 5 months
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New Delhi, April 14 : Indian organisations witnessed a staggering 845 per cent increase in cyber-attacks on employees smartphones since October 2020, as remote working during the pandemic saw the mobile attack surface expand dramatically in the country, a new report said on Wednesday.
While the total number of mobile attacks on Indian organisations in October 2020 was 1,345, it reached 12,719 firms in March this year, according to the Threat Intelligence Report from cyber security firm Check Point.
During 2020, the researchers discovered a highly significant attack, in which threat actors used a large international corporation s Mobile Device Management (MDM) system to distribute malware to more than 75 of its managed mobile devices.
DDoS attack activity: 10 million-plus attacks and 22% increase in attack frequency
Netscout announced findings from its bi-annual Threat Intelligence Report, punctuated by a record-setting 10,089,687 DDoS attacks observed during 2020.
Cybercriminals exploited vulnerabilities exposed by massive internet usage shifts since many users were no longer protected by enterprise-grade security. Attackers paid particular attention to vital pandemic industries such as e-commerce, streaming services, online learning, and healthcare generating a 20% year-over-year increase in attack frequency over 2019 plus a 22% increase in the last six months of 2020.
The number of enterprise respondents reporting DDoS extortion attacks increased by 125%. Overloaded firewalls and VPN concentrators, crucial technologies used during the pandemic lockdown, contributed to the outages in 83% of the enterprises that suffered DDoS attacks. This finding represents a 21% increase over 2019 figures.
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