Mobile phishing has seen a huge rise in some industries

Despite Mobile Device Management (MDM) being deployed to “significantly” more devices last year, mobile phishing exposure among financial services has almost doubled. A new report from integrated endpoint-to-cloud security company Lookout, based on behavioral analysis of telemetry data from nearly 200 million mobile devices, 140 million apps and more than four million new URLs a day., found that there had …

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The UK saw a significant rise in cybercrime last year

The pandemic has been seized upon by cybercriminals everywhere, allowing them to leverage the exploding levels of fear and uncertainty to spread malware, steal money and sell valuable data on the black market. A new report from cybersecurity firm ESET analyzed the state of cybercrime in the UK for 2020, and uncovered an increase of 19.1 percent compared to the …

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PC shipments continue to rise after mega 2020

PC manufacturers had a stellar first quarter of 2021, despite the semiconductor shortage playing havoc with supply chains and the anticipated return to the office. According to a report from analyst house Gartner, global PC shipments rose by roughly a third (32 percent) in Q1, compared to the same period last year. A total of 69.9 million units were sold, …

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DoS attacks are still on the rise

Denial-of-Service (DoS) and credential attacks are becoming more popular among criminals, a new report from cybersecurity firm F5 Labs claims.  Analyzing three years’ worth of attacks reported to its Security Incident Response Team (SIRT), F5 found that DoS, brute force, credential stuffing and API attacks are on the rise.  “Attackers, as always, choose the most efficient ways to turn a …

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Mac malware saw a huge rise in 2020

It’s been a busy 2020 for hackers, as a new report shows a record-breaking number of malware samples for Apple’s desktop OS, as well as Microsoft’s Windows.  In a recent report, Atlas VPN claims that were more Mac OS malware samples in 2020 than the previous eight years combined. Since 2012, when it first started tracking malware for Apple’s OS, …

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Remote desktop attacks saw a major rise in 2020

Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), a Microsoft client that allows employees to access corporate resources remotely, has become a major target for cybercriminals looking to steal sensitive data or infect a network with ransomware. This is according to a new report from Atlas VPN, based on figures released by cybersecurity experts Kaspersky. Atlas VPN’s latest report states that the rise of …

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SaaS subscriptions have seen a huge rise

In recent years, people have become less and less interested in owning software, preferring to subscribe to a service and only pay when they use it. According to a new report from subscription management platform provider Zuora, this has been a trend for the past decade, driving major growth among Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) businesses. Polling more than 13,000 adults in 12 …

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Healthcare firms saw a rise in ransomware attacks last year

Healthcare firms had a nightmare of a year in 2020, not just as a result of the pandemic, but also due to an increasing volume of cyberattacks, ransomware campaigns and data theft. A new report from cybersecurity vendor Netwrix claims healthcare organizations were targeted most frequently by phishing in the cloud (44 percent), ransomware (39 percent) and insider data theft …

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The rise, fall and rise of ransomware

Ransomware and cyberattacks had quite the year in 2020. While we were busy enabling suddenly remote workers, the FBI reported a sudden 400 percent increase in cyberattacks. The more alarming part is that the ransomware attacks also got more precise, thorough, and methodical, which was something previously less common, with criminals favoring softer, less secure targets. Sadly, it’s no longer …

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The rise of ransomware | ITProPortal

2020 was a strange year: an unpredictable election in the USA, wildfires across many countries, and (of course) the pandemic. While it’s lesser known to the public, in the world of cybersecurity, the pandemic has led to a rapid and dramatic increase in the number of successful cyberattacks. Many analysts are worried that this will add to the economic devastation …

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