Security Affairs

JANUARY 18, 2020

I’m preparing the slides for my next speech and I decided to create this post while searching for interesting cybercrime statistics in 2020. Cybercrime will cost as much as $6 trillion annually by 2021. The global expense for organizations to protect their systems from cybercrime attacks will continue to grow.

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Cybercrime Small Business Data breaches Mobile 126

Webroot

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

An impersonation attack recently made headlines with the 2020 Twitter/Bitcoin scam , in which 130 high-profile Twitter accounts were compromised by outside parties to steal bitcoin. This is a scam that’s been around for years and since no one can reverse a cryptocurrency transaction, it’s very likely here to stay.

Scams 108

Scams Phishing Firewall Social Engineering 108

SecureList

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

share in 2020 to the second most common in 2021 with 12.2%. Emotet (9.3%), described by Europol as “the world’s most dangerous malware”, underwent a drop of five percentage points between 2020 and 2021.This The mass change in cybercriminals’ objectives and methods seen in 2020 continued in 2021.

Banking 94

Banking Phishing Cryptocurrency Malware 94

Security Boulevard

MARCH 31, 2021

In 2020 groups were demanding as much as $30 million to unlock a victim’s files and systems. Reducing Human Error Security Threats with Remote Workforce. Cybercrime to cost over $10 Trillion by 2025. Stolen in Pandemic Scams. High-end ransoms have gone up significantly too. Stay safe and secure. Covid Fraud: £34.5m

Energy and Utilities 122

Energy and Utilities Ransomware Banking Hacking 122

SecureList

MARCH 29, 2023

This report shines a spotlight on the financial cyberthreat landscape in 2022. It presents a continuation of our previous annual financial threat reports ( 2018 , 2019 , 2020 , 2021 ), which provide an overview of the latest trends across the threat landscape.

Banking 71

Banking Phishing Cryptocurrency Mobile 71

Webroot

JANUARY 7, 2022

2020 may have been the year of establishing remote connectivity and addressing the cybersecurity skills gap, but 2021 presented security experts, government officials and businesses with a series of unpresented challenges. Threats abound in 2021. The rise of exchange attacks grew, and quick scams reigned. Cryptocurrency.

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Cybercrime Phishing Ransomware Cryptocurrency 105