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.
Findings from an independent, vendor-agnostic survey of 5,600 IT professionals in mid-sized organizations, including 381 healthcare respondents, across 31 countries. Introduction Sophos’ annual study of the real-world ransomware experiences of IT professionals in healthcare working at the frontline has revealed an ever more challenging attack environment. Together with the growing financial and operational burden ransomware
Welcome to the T1 2022 issue of the ESET Threat Report! After more than two years of shielding from a global pandemic, we get a reward: war! Several conflicts are raging in different parts of the world, but for us, this one is different. Right across Slovakia’s eastern borders, where ESET has its HQ and
Two years on, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to dramatically impact IT teams worldwide. The 2022 Thales Global Data Threat Report looked at many aspects of those impacts, with insights found from topics such as ransomware, zero-trust security strategies and cloud data security trends. This report covers respondents based in the APAC region, which we define
The Ransomware Index Update Q1 2022 documents our continued investigation of ransomware groups and their weaponry of choice. In this index update, we highlight key index numbers that have changed since we published the Ransomware Spotlight Report 2022 in January 2022. In this report, we provide a look into the current ransomware ecosystem, along with
In Q1 2022, Kroll observed a 54% increase in phishing attacks being used for initial access in comparison with Q4 2021. Email compromise and ransomware were the two most common threat incident types, highlighting the integral part played by end users in the intrusion lifecycle. Kroll continues to observe widely-publicized vulnerabilities such as ProxyShell and
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In January 2022 an independent research firm surveyed over 1,000 unbiased IT leaders about the impact that ransomware had on their environments, as well as what their IT strategies and data protection initiatives are moving forward. Respondents came from organizations of all sizes from over 16 different countries across APJ, EMEA and the Americas. All
Welcome to MinterEllison’s seventh annual Perspectives on Cyber Risk report. In light of recent global events, a concerted focus on cyber risk and cyber resilience is more pressing than ever for Australian organisations. With the COVID-19 pandemic now entering its third year, and countries and communities adjusting to the ‘new normal’ of hybrid work, education
This marks the fifth edition of the Modern Bank Heists report, which annually takes the pulse of the financial industry’s top CISOs and security leaders to provide executives with a ground truth on the changing behavior of cybercriminal cartels and the defensive shift of the financial sector. In this year’s report, 130 financial sector security
Welcome to the 3rd edition of the “The Future of Cybersecurity in Asia Pacific and Japan”. First published in 2019, the reports examine cybersecurity issues confronting businesses throughout the region. Not confined to attack vectors and vulnerabilities, our report series has always looked beyond cybersecurity technologies to broader issues such as maturity levels, budgets, awareness,
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