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Cyber attacks on 386 German organizations per week

15 December 2023

Cyber attacks have increased by three percent worldwide. The healthcare sector is particularly affected by this, according to the latest statistics for 2023. Check Point Research (CPR) has published its new statistics on cyber attacks for the period Q1 to Q3 2023 - The education and research sector recorded an average of 2160 attacks per organization and week saw the most attacks, down 5 percent compared to the same period in 2022. The government and military sector was the second most attacked, with an average of 1696 attacks per week (+0,4 percent), while the healthcare sector was attacked with an average of 1613…

Report: Global increase in cyber attacks

September 19, 2023

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Largest increase in cyber attacks in the last two years. Lockbit3 was the top ransomware in the first half of 2023. On average, attacks per week have increased by 8 percent. Recently, Check Point Research (CPR) released its 2023 Mid-Year Security Report. The report reveals a disturbing eight percent increase in weekly cyber attacks worldwide in the second quarter of 2023 - the largest increase in the past two years. Attackers mix old and new forms of cyber crime The security researchers look at how attackers...

Cyber attacks: Cities and municipalities increasingly targeted

September 1, 2023

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Attacks on municipalities, healthcare and education have doubled since August 2022. This is what the Barracuda ransomware report reports. Barracuda has released the results of its fifth annual ransomware report. As the basis for the report, the cloud security specialist identified and analyzed 175 publicly reported attacks from the last 12 months. A worrying finding of the report is that successful ransomware attacks in the three social sectors of municipalities, education and healthcare have more than quadrupled since 2021. Attacks on finance are declining. Attacks on cities and municipalities increased between August 2022 and July...

Threat Hunting Report 2023: Identity-based attacks are on the rise

August 30, 2023

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The new Threat Hunting Report considers attack trends and tactics between July 2022 and June 2023. Key findings of the report include: The average breakout time – the time it takes attackers to move laterally from a victim's environment moving compromised host to the next – hits a new low of 79 minutes (up from 84 minutes in 2022). The shortest breakout time of the year was a record time of just 7 minutes. Credential Abuse Attackers are increasingly using identity-based attacks: 62 percent of interactive…

Commentary on current cyber attacks

10. February 2023

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After the decision in Berlin to send Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, numerous German websites were paralyzed by cyber attacks. The pro-Russian self-proclaimed hacktivist group KillNet claimed responsibility for the attacks. “This type of response in cyberspace comes as no surprise; she is to be expected. For years, Mandiant has pursued several self-proclaimed hacktivist groups that support Russian interests or act out of a perceived patriotic duty. We believe with moderate certainty that the KillNet and XakNet groups have historically coordinated some of their activities directly and have ties to the GRU. These groups…

Hiscox report: Cyber attacks are the greatest entrepreneurial risk

20 May 2022

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The Hiscox Cyber Readiness Report 2022 shows: Cyber attacks are also the number one risk for German companies - even before the pandemic, the economic downturn and the shortage of skilled workers. A quarter of the IT budget of German companies now goes to cyber security. In addition, almost half (48%) of the companies surveyed worldwide now state that they were affected by at least one cyber attack in the last year, compared to five percentage points lower the year before. In Germany, the level remains high at 46 percent, as in the previous year. Due to the threat situation, which was becoming increasingly difficult to assess,...

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Cyber attacks on 386 German organizations per week

Report: Global increase in cyber attacks

Cyber attacks: Cities and municipalities increasingly targeted

Threat Hunting Report 2023: Identity-based attacks are on the rise

Commentary on current cyber attacks

Hiscox report: Cyber attacks are the greatest entrepreneurial risk

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