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Soaring ransomware payments, consistent infections, deceptive URLs and more in this year’s 2022 BrightCloud® Threat Report

Webroot

If your business falls within these industries or if you’re concerned your personal PC could be prone to infection, read the complete section on malware in the 2022 BrightCloud® Threat Report. The year-end average for 2021 more than doubled the 2020 average, reaching $322,168. Barrenechea, OpenText CEO & CTO.

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The Pain of Double Extortion Ransomware

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

According to a recent market study 1 , 71% of individuals surveyed said double and triple extortion tactics have grown in popularity over the last 12 months, and 65% agree that these new threats make it tougher to refuse ransom demands. As part of double extortion attacks, tactics often include the threat of DDoS attacks.

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2019 Recap: A Year to Remember

McAfee

A recent ISACA survey found only 18% of respondents said they believed the cybersecurity skills gap will be mostly or entirely filled during the upcoming decade, while 81% said companies aren’t investing enough in the people skills needed to navigate technological change. Here are the top five threat predictions for 2020.

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APT trends report Q1 2021

SecureList

One of the suspected FinFly Web servers was active for more than a year between October 2019 and December 2020. As it turned out, it was active for a very short time around September 2020 on a host that appears to have been impersonating the popular Mail.ru The activities peaked in November 2020, but are still ongoing.

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2024 State of Cybersecurity: Reports of More Threats & Prioritization Issues

eSecurity Planet

553% increase in DNS Flood attacks from 1H 2020 to 2H 2023. > 54% of all data breaches come from ransomware attacks in manufacturing, healthcare, government, financial, retail, and technology industries. NetScout DDoS Threat Report : Summarizes data from NetScout’s ATLAS telemetry platform and 2023’s DDoS threat responses.