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Ransomware: Cybercrime groups increase ransom demands

As a new report shows, cybercriminals continue to rely on business email compromise in addition to ransomware and use long-known, unpatched vulnerabilities for attacks. The report shows that ransom demands are becoming increasingly outrageous. The Arctic Wolf Labs Threat Report was created based on threat, malware, digital forensics and incident response case data that Arctic Wolf collects across the security operations framework. It provides deep insights into the global cybercrime ecosystem, highlights global threat trends, and provides strategic cybersecurity recommendations for the coming year. Ransomware claims increase by 20% Cybercrime has increased in recent…

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2022: DDoS attacks increased and continue to increase 
2022: DDoS attacks increased and continue to increase

Analysis of 2022 data shows malicious DDoS attacks increased by 150%.Radware has released its 2022 Global Threat Analysis Report. The full year report draws on network and application attack intelligence from Radware's cloud and managed services, the Global Deception Network and the Threat Research Team. "More is the operative word for the global threat landscape in 2022," said Pascal Geenens, Director of Threat Intelligence at Radware. “Compared to 2021, not only were there more DDoS attacks in number, but they were also more powerful, more frequent…

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E-mail attacks are increasing by over 100 percent
E-mail attacks are increasing by over 100 percent

Trend Micro cloud-based email security blocked 33,6 million attacks last year. Email threats have increased by over 100 percent year-on-year, remaining the top threat of attack facing organizations. Trend Micro, one of the world's leading providers of cybersecurity solutions, was able to block over 2021 million email threats in cloud-based systems in 33,6. Overall, there was an increase of over 100 percent compared to the previous year. The strong increase in attacks shows that e-mails are still the main gateway for cyber attacks. Real data evaluated This data was collected over the course of the…

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94 billion cyber threats blocked in 2021
Trend Micro News

With the rapid increase in cyber attacks, the number of blocked threats increased by 42 percent year-on-year. Trend Micro will block over 94 billion cyber threats in 2021. Trend Micro, one of the world's leading providers of cyber security solutions, reports blocking 94,2 billion cyber threats in 2021 by deploying its global threat intelligence infrastructure Smart Protection Network ( SPN). The attacks targeted businesses, government agencies and consumers. 42 percent increase in cyber threats in 2021 The total number of threat detections in 2021 represents a 42 percent increase compared to…

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DDoS attacks increased by 3 percent in Q24
DDoS attacks increased by 3 percent in Q24

Compared to the third quarter of 2020, the total number of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks worldwide increased by almost 24 percent, while the total number of smart, targeted attacks grew by 31 percent compared to the same period last year. In addition, the Kaspersky analysis shows that both bots and botnet servers are very active in Germany. Targets included pandemic control resources, government organizations, game developers, and well-known cybersecurity publications. DDoS attacks - many bots and botnet servers in Germany DDoS attacks aim to overwhelm a network server with service requests so that it ...

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65 percent increase in banking malware QakBot
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Kaspersky experts have identified an increase in attacks with the QakBot banking Trojan. The number of those affected rose in the first seven months of this year by 65 percent compared to the same period last year. Cybercriminals can use banking Trojans to steal money from their victims' online banking accounts and e-wallets. The banking Trojan QakBot was discovered in 2007 as one of many, but the developer behind it has invested a lot in its development in recent years and made this Trojan one of the most powerful and dangerous among the existing copies of this type of malware. QakBot protects itself against detection Additionally ...

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Attacks on MS Exchange increased 170 percent in August
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The number of users who were attacked by exploits based on vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange servers and blocked by Kaspersky security solutions increased by 2021 percent in August 170 (from 7.342 to 19.839) compared to the previous month. According to Kaspersky experts, this massive development can be attributed to the increasing number of attacks that attempt to exploit known vulnerabilities in the product, as well as the fact that users do not update vulnerable software with appropriate patches, which increases the potential attack surface. Holey Microsoft Exchange Server Security gaps in Microsoft Exchange Server have caused a lot of unrest this year ...

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Plus 25 percent: Risk of cyber attacks on companies

The risk of cyber attacks on companies has risen by 24 percent since the start of the corona pandemic. According to Avast's Global PC Risk Report, PC malware has made businesses a quarter more likely to be attacked by a quarter since the pandemic. In a global comparison, German companies are less affected. Avast, a leading global provider of IT security and data protection solutions, has released the results of its latest Global PC Risk Report. According to this, the probability that business users will be confronted with PC malware has risen by 24 percent worldwide compared to the previous year - from 11,25 to 13,9 percent….

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Damage from ransomware continues to increase worldwide
B2B Cyber ​​Security ShortNews

A forecast by Cybersecurity Ventures predicts that global damage from ransomware could grow to $ 2031 billion by 265. A comment from 8com. Anyone who believes that the costs of ransomware are already enormous could already wish for today's price level in a few years, at least according to a forecast by the security magazine Cybersecurity Ventures. The magazine has been publishing its predictions since 2015 and they have been rising steeply since then - and in fact the costs have increased enormously since then. Based on an annual increase of 30 percent ...

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Ransomware attacks are becoming increasingly unscrupulous

Increase in ransomware attacks calls for government intervention. The headlines of the past few months reflect a clear picture: ransomware attacks are now part of everyday life and are steadily increasing. This is also confirmed by the analyzes by IT security specialist FireEye. As a strong industrial nation, Germany is an attractive target for groups of hackers, but the danger exists across all sectors. At the same time, the attacks of the hackers are becoming more and more targeted and thus develop a particularly high potential for damage. In order to put a stop to this development, politics must finally take action. Development since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic Ransomware attacks have increased across Europe during the COVID-19 pandemic. Between…

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