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These threats have shaped 2023

23. February 2024

In 2023, botnets returned from the dead, ransomware actors found creative ways to make money from theft, and threat actors that had been on the loose for a decade reinvented themselves to stay relevant. The threat intelligence experts at Cisco Talos have analyzed the key developments from 2023 and summarized them in an annual review that is worth reading. The standard work for the cybercrime year 2023 highlights the most important trends that shaped the threat landscape last year. Ransomware attack vector The greatest threat to companies in 2023 was still posed by ransomware. Already in the second year in…

DDoS attacks: Sharp increase, especially in EMEA

18 December 2023

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In the first half of 2023, cybercriminals launched almost 8 million DDoS attacks. Germany is one of the hardest hit. Cybercriminals increased their activities in the first half of 2023. According to NETSCOUT's latest Threat Intelligence Report, threat actors launched approximately 7,9 million distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks worldwide, compared to just over 6 million of these attacks in the first half of 2022. This represents a 31 percent increase in Compared to the previous year and around 44.000 DDoS attacks per day. This increase in attack frequency was primarily seen in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), where…

US Government: New Cyber Security Strategy

March 8, 2023

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The US government under President Biden has published a new cyber security strategy. The almost 40-page strategy paper is also clearly about making IT companies more responsible and holding them accountable if they are disregarded. But the already successful fight against APT groups and ransomware is also to be intensified. The Biden-Harris Administration releases the National Cybersecurity Strategy to ensure the full benefits of a secure digital ecosystem for all Americans. In this pivotal decade, the United States seeks to reinvent cyberspace as a tool to achieve its goals in a way that...

2023: What comes after 10 million DDoS attacks in 2022?

8. February 2023

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In particular, the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine caused an extreme increase in DDoS attacks in 2022. While the rise in ransomware isn't as high, the quality of the attacks is increasing, making them harder to defend against. A comment from Netscout. Cyber attacks with the Morris worm date back to 1988 and were a rare sensation at the time. Today, with millions of attacks per year, they are part of daily business and are developing at a rapid pace. In the first half of 2022 alone, there were over 6 million DDoS attacks worldwide. Even if…

2023: Enterprises must optimize their IT defenses

3. February 2023

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Cyber criminals never stand still. They constantly improve their methods and intensify their attacks on available targets. In 2023, companies will once again be faced with the task of further optimizing their IT defenses. When it comes to cyber insurance, a good defense is also expected or there is no policy. 2022 was not a quiet year for IT security either. Hackers have crossed new borders: Organized criminals attacked governments, like Conti in the Costa Rica case. The Lapsus$ group attacked well-known players in the digital economy such as Microsoft, Nvidia, Uber, Globant and others. Hacker collectives developed sophisticated, powerful tools for…

2023: The top cyber threats facing large enterprises

1. February 2023

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Cyber threats: This year, Kaspersky experts predict that cybercriminals will use media to blackmail large companies and government institutions and report on alleged data leaks. In addition, initial access to companies that have already been compromised is increasingly being acquired on the Darknet. They also anticipate an increase in the malware-as-a-service model and attacks via the cloud. That's a lot of upcoming threats. More cyber threats as early as 2022 Last year, around two thirds (59,3 percent) of large companies in Germany were confronted with more cyber attacks. The attacks put data, financial assets and...

Ransomware Report: Attacks down for the first time

30 January 2023

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The ransomware threat landscape is beginning to ease, according to Delinea's 2022 State of Ransomware Report. The number of ransomware attacks has dropped significantly in the last twelve months, and many affected companies no longer pay ransoms. However, this is no reason for IT and security teams to lay back now: If the downward trend is to continue, appropriate budgets must be maintained and cybersecurity measures must continue to be implemented consistently. Sharp decrease in attacks compared to the previous year As the survey of 300 IT decision-makers reveals, only 25 percent of the companies have been…

Security 2023: Hybrid working world and connected cars in sight

13 January 2023

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Trend Micro publishes its cyber security predictions for 2023. In it, the company predicts an increase in cyber attacks in the areas of home office, software supply chain and cloud. And that MSPs, the hybrid working world and connected cars will increasingly be targeted by cyber attacks. According to the security researchers at Trend Micro, VPNs (Virtual Private Networks) in particular are an attractive target for cybercriminals, because the breach of a single solution can attack several corporate networks at the same time. Home devices such as routers are also targeted as easy victims of attacks, as they are often unpatched and not from…

Cyber Security Forecast 2023

26 December 2022

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Mandiant, part of Google Cloud, releases its Cyber Security Forecast for 2023. The forecasts are based on developments that experts on the cyber frontline have observed over the past few months and which they believe will also determine the coming year . According to the experts, in 2023 Europe will focus primarily on cyber operations in connection with the energy crisis and the Russian war of aggression, as well as ransomware attacks and the threat to the "Big Four" Iran, Russia, North Korea and China. Cyber Security Forecast 2023: Forecasts for EMEA Russia expands its targets in…

Threat Report 2023: Cybercrime as Big Business

19 December 2022

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Cybercrime is increasingly flourishing as a business model, ransomware and ransomware-as-a-service are innovation drivers and stolen access data are increasingly acting as a cash cow. According to Sophos, the year 2023 also awaits companies in cyber defense. Sophos has published its 2023 Threat Report. Among other things, the report describes a new degree of commercialization within cybercrime, as a result of which low-threshold introductory offers are increasingly available for potential attackers: almost all scenarios can be bought. A booming cybercrime-as-a-service market caters to a criminal audience ranging from the highly tech-savvy to the completely ignorant. The topics of the current Sophos threat…

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These threats have shaped 2023

DDoS attacks: Sharp increase, especially in EMEA

US Government: New Cyber Security Strategy

2023: What comes after 10 million DDoS attacks in 2022?

2023: Enterprises must optimize their IT defenses

2023: The top cyber threats facing large enterprises

Ransomware Report: Attacks down for the first time

Security 2023: Hybrid working world and connected cars in sight

Cyber Security Forecast 2023

Threat Report 2023: Cybercrime as Big Business

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