Cybersecurity Threatscape 2020 Cyberthreats/Incidents 2020 year in review The number of unique incidents grew by 51 percent compared to 2019. Seven out of ten attacks were targeted. Medical and government institutions were the most tempting targets for attackers. Hacking as an attack method against organizations showed an upward trend throughout the year. The total increase was 24 percentage points (10 percentage points more than in 2019). On the dark web, access-for-sale schemes became increasingly popular, with a surge of interest in website hacking. All this can be explained by the mass shift of companies to working from home. The number of malware attacks grows every year. 2020 saw an increase in such attacks by 54 percent compared to 2019. Malware developers devised elaborate methods for concealing their malicious actions and refined malware delivery techniques, turning their attention to vulnerabilities on the network perimeter. Attacks against individuals were mainly performed using spyware and banking trojans, whereas organizations were increasingly attacked by ransomware.