cybercriminals

Lurking in the Shadows: Attack Trends Shine Light on API Threats 

This year marks 10 years of Akamai’s sharing of security research via our State of the Internet (SOTI) reports. The focus of these reports has changedover the years as both the operational and threat ecosystems have evolved. Starting in 2024, instead of looking at web application and API attacks as one single subject, we will […]

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Human Risk & AI

The world was a fraught, risk-filled place in 2023, and cybersecurity threats continued to intensify. How could they not? With state actors menacing any number of countries and widespread economic and political dislocations unleashing torrents of criminal activity, it was inevitable that cybercrime would rise as well. Most notably, per the Mimecast’s State of Email

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McAfee Labs COVID-19 Threats Report

Key Findings Cybercriminals leverage pandemic as entry mechanism into systems across the globe McAfee Advanced Programs Group releases daily COVID-19 threat dashboard Ransomware attacks evolve into data breaches as cybercriminals steal data prior to encryption New PowerShell malware increases 689% while total malware grows 1,902% over four quarters Disclosed incidents targeting public sector increase 73%,

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Modern Bank Heists 3.0

This marks the third edition of the Modern Bank Heists report, which takes an annual pulse of some of the financial industry’s top CISOs and security leaders. Thank you, again, for reading along and thank you to the 25 security leaders who participated in this year’s survey. This survey offers more than just data. We

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ESET Threat Report Q1 2020

Foreword Welcome to the first quarterly ESET Threat Report! The first quarter of 2020 was, without a doubt, defined by the outbreak of COVID-19 — now a pandemic that has put much of the world under lockdown, disrupting peoples’ lives in unprecedented ways. In the face of these developments, many businesses were forced to swiftly

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2019 Internet Crime Report

The FBI is the lead federal agency for investigating malicious cyber activity by criminals, nation-state adversaries, and terrorists. To fulfill this mission, the FBI often develops resources to enhance operations and collaboration. One such resource is the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) which provides the public with a trustworthy and convenient mechanism for reporting

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2019 Cyber Threatscape Report

The 2018 Cyber Threatscape report noted the clear need for more effective use of actionable threat intelligence. With state-sponsored activities a growing force to be reckoned with, extended supply chain threats, targets against critical infrastructure and a surge in miner malware and more financially motivated advanced persistent threats, CISOs have had their work cut out

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Akamai 2020 State of the Internet / Security: Financial Services – Hostile Takeover Attempts

In Volume 5, Issue 4 of the State of the Internet / Security report, we focused on the methodologies and tools that criminals use to conduct credential stuffing attacks against the financial services industry. At that time, we noted that attacks against financial services institutions were growing in both quantity and sophistication. This still holds

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2020 SonicWall Cyber Threat Report

The boundaries of your digital empire are limitless. What was once a finite and defendable space is now a boundless territory — a vast, sprawling footprint of devices, apps, appliances, servers, networks, clouds and users. For the cybercriminals, it’s more lawless than ever. Despite the best intentions of government agencies, law enforcement and oversight groups,

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