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Many ransomware attacks in the healthcare sector
August 24, 2022
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Many ransomware attacks in the healthcare sector

Cyber ​​attacks on the healthcare sector are on the rise. The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center of the US Department of Health and Human Services recorded 2021 ransomware incidents in the healthcare sector as early as the beginning of 82, and many more followed. Almost 60 percent related to the US market. But after the US, European countries are targeted. The effects were devastating. Large hospitals had an average downtime of 6,2 hours and costs of $21.500 per hour. Midsize hospitals averaged nearly 45.700 hours of downtime and the cost more than doubled at $XNUMX an hour...

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DDoS attacks decrease - special attacks increase
August 1, 2022
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DDoS attacks decrease - special attacks increase

According to the latest NETSCOUT Threat Intelligence Report, the number of DDoS attacks worldwide fell from 5,4 million in the first half of 2021 to 4,4 million in the second half of the year. While the total number of attacks also fell in Germany in the last half of the year, innovative and adaptive DDoS attacks continued to cause disruptions and network failures. “Cybercriminals brought a new focus by launching direct path attacks via botnets and TCP-based flood. A balance between reflection/amplification attacks and direct-path DDoS attacks has been observed for the first time. This is also evident in Germany, where TCP-based attacks are among the three most common…

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Combat identity-based attacks with Zero Trust
July 26, 2022
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Combat identity-based attacks with Zero Trust

Identity-based threats have become a major source of attacks and data breaches. As a result, organizations today require improved identity awareness and new threat mitigation strategies, which is best achieved by implementing an identity-based Zero Trust approach. Below are the basics of how the Zero Trust model works and best practices for implementing it effectively. The Zero Trust model is a security approach based on the idea that organizations shouldn't automatically trust everyone inside or outside the infrastructure perimeter. Instead, every entity or user trying to access the system must verify themselves. What is…

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E-commerce industry second largest target of cyber attacks
June 16, 2022
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According to the latest NETSCOUT Threat Intelligence Report, the German e-commerce sector recorded around 2021 DDoS attacks in the second half of 16,918. This represents an increase of 7.5% compared to the first half of 2021 and makes the industry the second strongest attack target in Germany after data processing services for the second year in a row. “Even as pandemic restrictions ease, the trend towards online shopping will continue. As cybercriminals continue to develop new techniques and methods to blackmail their targets, there is no question that an online retailer will be hit by a DDoS attack.” According to Karl Heuser...

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Security Report: Network attacks at a three-year high
22 April 2022
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Security Report: Network attacks at a three-year high

The recently published Internet Security Report by WatchGuard Technologies shows a clear malware concentration in Europe for the period from October to December 2021. In the EMEA region, the number of detected malware-based threats was almost double compared to the rest of the world. In this context, however, the quality of the relevant threat is again remarkable. The researchers at the WatchGuard Threat Labs, who identify and analyze in detail the most important attack trends every three months based on the anonymized feed data from the Firebox appliances used worldwide, were able to see a 33 percent increase in the particularly insidious "evasive malware" variants...

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Report: Attacks on web applications almost doubled
March 28, 2022
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Radware Global Threat Analysis Report 2021-2022: Attacks on web applications almost doubled. Analysts report an increase of 88 percent compared to 2020. The report describes record-breaking DDoS attacks and ransomware denial of service (RDoS). According to Radware's Global Threat Analysis Report 2021-2022, the number of attacks on web applications worldwide almost doubled in the past year - the analysts report an increase of 88 percent compared to 2020. This puts such attacks in the lead in terms of growth rate - the number of DDoS attacks increased by 37 percent in the same period. The…

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Financial institutions hit hardest by social media attacks
March 10, 2022
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Financial institutions hit hardest by social media attacks

Social media attacks have doubled since 2021, according to new PhishLabs report. Financial institutions are hit the hardest with 68 percent of social media attacks. The phishing attacks target brands, companies and their employees. Social media attacks have doubled since 2021. That's according to the latest Quarterly Threat Trends & Intelligence Report from PhishLabs by HelpSystems, the leading provider of digital risk protection solutions. In addition, email-triggered hybrid vishing (voice phishing) attacks have more than quintupled and overall phishing volume is up 28 percent year-over-year. Social media attacks have doubled in...

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More and more attacks on critical infrastructures
22. February 2022
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More and more attacks on critical infrastructures

The series of cyber attacks on critical infrastructures - KRITIS - does not seem to stop. At the beginning of February, a hack attack caught the Swiss company Swissport and disrupted flight operations in Switzerland, then the ransomware attack on the Oiltanking tank farm in Germany, attacks on SEA-Invest in Belgium and Evos in the Netherlands. Some expert comments. “Cyber ​​attackers often target their attacks where they can cause the most business disruption. This way, the victim might be more willing to pay ransom to get their systems back online. For this reason…

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One in five companies poorly prepared for attacks
7. February 2022
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One in five companies poorly prepared for attacks

The Handelsblatt Research Institute conducted a survey of IT decision-makers at the Cybersecurity 2021 annual conference on behalf of TeamViewer: One in five companies is poorly prepared for attacks. A significant proportion of IT management personnel in German-speaking countries believe that their own company is not sufficiently protected against cyber attacks. More than a fifth (21%) of all participants surveyed at the “Handelsblatt Annual Cybersecurity 2021 Conference” stated that their company was “rather poorly” prepared for a targeted cyber attack. The survey was carried out during the event by the Handelsblatt Research Institute on behalf of TeamViewer among the approximately 200…

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Webinar February 4th, 2022: MDR – Detecting and repelling attacks early
2. February 2022
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Kaspersky invites you to another round in its webinar series. This time the topic is "MDR - detecting and repelling attacks at an early stage". The free webinar will take place online on February 4, 2022 from 10:00 a.m. On February 04, 2022, the Kaspersky experts shed light on a problem that almost half of all companies are currently confronted with: A total of 49% do not have expert teams that deal with the defense and analysis of cyber threats - even though the Threat situation continues to escalate. Webinar February 04, 2022: MDR –…

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