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26 Cyber Security Stats Every User Should Be Aware Of in 2024

Security Affairs

Phishing Attacks: Phishing is the top cyber attack, causing 90% of data breaches. Data Breach Costs: The average global cost of a data breach in 2023 was $4.45 every year until 2027, pointing to rapid progress and investment in AI-based security. Shockingly, 96% of these attacks come through email.

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Here’s How International Application Security Market Is Expected To Grow This Decade

CyberSecurity Insiders

billion during 2020-2027, with a compound annual growth rate of 16.1%. Another factor is the increased dependency on secure data transfer due to the situation created by the COVID-19 crisis. It is estimated that over the forecast period (2020-2027), the mobile segment will reach a whopping $5.37 billion by the end of 2027.

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Report: Cloud Infrastructure Drives Security and Management Challenges

CyberSecurity Insiders

It is estimated that over 90 percent of enterprises currently use a cloud service, and the market is projected to reach $927 billion by 2027. There are plenty of threat actors actively looking for vulnerabilities to exploit; we cannot afford to make breaches easy by leaving data exposed due to a misconfiguration or config drift.

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Key Cybersecurity Trends for 2024: My Predictions

Jane Frankland

It’s likely we’ll continue to witness a significant shift in the motivation behind prominent cyberattacks, as data sources indicate a resurgence in activities such as information theft, covert communication monitoring, and content manipulation from state sponsored attackers and cybercriminals. The first is by rule making.

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6 reasons MSPs need a patch management platform

Malwarebytes

Allows you to quickly stay on top of evolving security risks. most MSP customers) suffered a data breach because “a patch was available for a known vulnerability but not applied” So, why aren’t SMBs applying patches? between 2022 to 2027.” Streamlines threat assessment and mitigation.

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What is Maryland’s Online Data Privacy Protection Act?

Centraleyes

The measure prohibits the sale of sensitive data entirely, includes universal opt-out methods and anti-discrimination rules provisions, and provides a limited 60-day right to cure that expires in 2027. Risk of Harm Threshold The PIPA law describes a threshold for determining whether a breach would trigger notification requirements.

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Fewer than 10% of People are Confident about their Data Security on Social Media, According to Survey from PCI Pal

CyberSecurity Insiders

However, with the rise of customers shopping across social media platforms and due to the ongoing labor shortage, businesses may be even more vulnerable to data breaches. As the recent data breach of 700 million users on LinkedIn shows, social media can still leave consumers’ personal information exposed.

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