Financial services is among the industries that have been the heaviest hit by cybercrime — from the heyday of the Zeus and other banking trojans to Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks, modern phishing attacks, and ransomware. FinServ is a vital sector that plays a major role not only in the lives of people, but also in …
Q3 of 2022 has provided us with many interesting insights into the ransomware industry. Instead of fairly wide distribution of victims between the various ransomware groups, we saw consistency from Lockbit3.0, as they remain the number one group with 37% of all ransomware attacks this quarter, an increase of 5% since the previous quarter, whereas …
Key Observations for First Half Year of 2022 In the first half of 2022, the total attack count and average attack size increased by 75.60% and decreased by 55.97% respectively compared to the figures recorded in the second half of 2021. Compared to the second half of 2021, the maximum attack size decreased by 66.82%, …
If it feels like ransomware is always in the news, it isn’t just media bias: the Zscaler ThreatLabz research team has found that ransomware attacks increased by yet another 80% between February 2021 and March 2022 compared to the previous year, setting new records for both the volume of attacks and the cost of damages. …
Key Observations for 2021 In 2021, the total attack count and average attack size both fell by 13.32% and 50.00% respectively compared to the figures registered in 2020. Compared to 2020, the maximum attack size increased by 296.62%, with the maximum attack size clocking in at 699.20 Gbps. UDP based attacks, while remaining the most …
Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks have been a significant feature of the cyber threat landscape over the past two decades. As the 2021 Imperva 2021 Global DDoS Threat Landscape Report shows, attacks are constantly evolving in size, volume, frequency and complexity. What doesn’t change is the attackers’ focus on critical infrastructure. Not only is …
State of the Internet / Research Report | Gaming in a Pandemic | Akamai Welcome to the second edition of SOTI Research. In this edition, we look at the attacks and trends in the gaming industry during 2020. It was a volatile year, and we’re not just speaking about the pandemic. Web attacks targeting the …
Not all world records are cause for celebration—just look at the DDoS attack numbers from 2020. As the COVID-19 pandemic triggered a massive shift in internet usage, cybercriminals quickly pounced, launching more than 10 million DDoS attacks aimed at crippling targets with a heavy reliance on online services. Attack frequency spiked 20 percent year over …
Cyber warfare is not a new concept, it’s just a new medium. It’s a kind of military operation targeting enemy infrastructure and communications, which involves cleverly thought out strategies to outwit the opponent, and firepower to improve the chances of successfully taking down the targets. Resembling real-life military operations where a cover-up is put into …
Quarterly Focus In March and April, we recorded the most unusual increase in DDoS attacks ever. Compared with 2019 Q1, YoY, the number of attacks increased by 278.17%, and QoQ increased by 542.46%. Q1 is generally considered the “off season” for DDoS attacks and hence it is rather unusual to observe such behaviour during this …
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