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Verizon DBIR shows sharp increase in ransomware attacks
According to Verizon s latest Data Breach Investigations Report, 60% of ransomware cases involved either direct installation or installation via desktop sharing software.
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The Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report found that out of 5,258 breaches analyzed in the past year, 10% involved ransomware twice that of last year.
The Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) took data from public and private sector organizations around the world in order to find trends relating to data breaches and other security incidents. This year s report, published Thursday, featured analysis of 29,207 security incidents and 5,258 data breaches in 2020 from organizations in 88 countries.
Remote work leads to massive surge in hacking globally: Report
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New York, May 13 : With most people working from home, due to the Coronavirus pandemic, there has been a surge in cyber crime. The year 2021 saw 5,258 data breaches across the globe, a third more breaches analysed than last year, according to a report on Thursday.
The 14th edition of Data Breach Investigations Report (2021 DBIR) by US-based Verizon Business, analysed 29,207 security incidents from data collected from 83 contributors, with victims spanning 88 countries; 12 industries, and three world regions.
The report showed that with an unprecedented number of people working remotely, phishing and ransomware attacks increased by 11 per cent and 6 per cent respectively, with instances of misrepresentation increasing by 15 times compared to last year.
Verizon DBIR 2021: Winners No Surprise, But All-round Vigilance Essential
Verizon s Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) covers 2020 a year like no other. Phishing, ransomware, and innovation caused big problems.
Verizon s annual Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) is launched today and as always provides valuable insight into the cybersecurity challenges faced by organizations. We all know that 2020 was a year like no other. Phishing and ransomware were the most successful of the threats, up 11% and 6% respectively. However, the rapid innovations that many organizations made in 2020 did not always address information risk and security upfront, leading to further opportunities for compromise by malicious threats.
10 May 2021 19:50 GMT
BIO-key International, an innovative provider of identity and access management (IAM) solutions featuring biometrics, today introduced its new mobile app, BIO-key MobileAuth with PalmPositive the latest among over sixteen strong authentication factors available for BIO-key s PortalGuard Identity-as-a-Service (IDaaS) platform. MobileAuth’s fast, touchless biometric user authentication – using a palm scan – works with any Android or iOS device to provide the unprecedented combination of a simple, privacy-protected, and convenient user experience with the identity integrity and availability that enterprises require.
While multi-factor authentication (MFA) is an essential part of any IAM strategy, organizations such as NIST and the FBI have warned that traditional MFA methods such as passwords and phone-based methods, including one-time password (OTP) generators and SMS codes, remain vulnerable to social engineering and cyberattacks. Moreover, relying par