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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.

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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

As detailed in our August Threat Report , our Advanced Threat Research discovered that new ransomware samples had increased 118% from Q1 to Q2. Here are the top five threat predictions for 2020. Broader Deepfakes Capabilities for Less-Skilled Threat Actors. It’s just math. It’s fragile.

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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. 2024 Cisco Cybersecurity Readiness Index : Covers 8,136 private sector security leaders in 30 global markets and includes small, mid-sized, and large companies. NetScout: Observed 13,142,840 DDoS attacks, including: 104,216 video gaming enterprise attacks.