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Growing threats over the last year
Growing threats over the last year

In 2023, threats have increased significantly. Attacks via encrypted channels have increased by 24 percent. Manufacturing is once again at the top of the most targeted sectors. These are the results of the annual ZsclaerTM ThreatLabz State of Encrypted Attacks Report 2023 at a glance: Threats transported over HTTPS traffic increased by 24 percent year-over-year in the Zscaler cloud, representing almost 30 billion threats blocked. Encrypted malware and malicious content are one of the biggest threats, accounting for 78 percent of attacks observed. The manufacturing sector was responsible for 32 percent of encrypted…

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Cybersecurity incidents: Lack of budget is a risk factor
Cybersecurity incidents: Lack of budget is a risk factor

According to a survey, 18 percent of cybersecurity incidents are due to a lack of cybersecurity budget. The manufacturing sector is the most frequently affected by incidents in Europe. Eight out of ten companies in Germany have suffered at least one cybersecurity incident in the past two years. The current Kaspersky study shows that a not insignificant part (18 percent) of this can be attributed to a lack of investment in cybersecurity. The majority (79 percent) of those surveyed in Germany believe that their current budget is sufficient to keep up with new cyber threats or...

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75 percent of industrial companies fall victim to a ransomware attack
B2B Cyber ​​Security ShortNews

Three out of four industrial companies worldwide fell victim to a ransomware attack last year. This is one of the findings of the new report “The Global State of Industrial Cybersecurity 2023: New Technologies, Persistent Threats, and Maturing Defenses.” The report shows that ransomware attacks are increasingly impacting OT environments. According to the latest study from 2021, 32 percent of ransomware attacks affected IT only, while 27 percent affected both IT and OT. In 2023, 21 percent of ransomware attacks were limited to IT, while 37 percent targeted both IT and…

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Ransomware: Increasing numbers, increasing ransom demands
Ransomware: Increasing numbers, increasing ransom demands

In the first half of 2023, ransomware attacks increased by 46%. The main attacker is still Lockbit, the main victims are SMEs. This is shown by the Incident Response Ransomware Report with its Dark Web Monitoring. In Arctic Wolf's Incident Response Ransomware Report, the company shares current incident response (IR) case data from its Security Operations Platform and the latest dark web monitoring insights from Arctic Wolf Labs. Dark Web Monitoring Shows Sharp Increase in Ransomware Attacks Threat actors maintain so-called leak or shame sites on the Dark Web. On these sites they threaten their victims with publishing their data and...

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