Ransomware attacks commanded headlines around the world in 2021, and show no signs of slowing down. In fact, cybercriminals are doubling down by finding additional ways to extort victims in conjunction with ransomware. Double extortion first took off in 2020 with the rise of dark web leak sites that cybercriminals used to identify ransomware victims […]
The threats posed by cybercrime have significantly evolved since the release of Australia’s 2013 National Plan to Combat Cybercrime. Advances in technology and the greater degree to which the Australian community utilises digital and communications technologies continue to increase opportunities for cybercriminals to take advantage of Australians and impact our security, public safety and prosperity.
COVER FEATURE “Faking it: Deepfake crime exposing cyber security” Our cover feature on Deepfake crime proposes this is a real and present danger for businesses, as well as to governments with heightened political tensions. Last year, it cost one bank alone $35 million in a single scam. With Deepfake technology becoming more sophisticated – and
Report highlights Top attack type: Ransomware was again the top attack type in 2021, although the percentage of attacks X-Force remediated that were ransomware decreased nearly 9% year-over-year. REvil—a ransomware type X-Force also refers to as Sodinokibi—was the most common ransomware strain X-Force observed for a second year, making up 37% of all ransomware attacks,
Last year, we titled our introduction “A Year Like No Other.” We could easily have repeated that heading to describe 2021. The year has left many organizations contemplating what “normal” will mean for their workforces going forward. Along with hybrid and remote work options, organizations are mulling the best ways to keep employees connected and
Between October and December 2021, an independent research company surveyed over 3,000 IT decision makers and IT professionals about their IT and data protection strategies, challenges and drivers. Almost all the respondents were from organizations with more than 1,000 employees – from 28 different countries. On average, respondents expected their organization’s budget for data protection,
As the world continued to grapple with the challenges of 2020, such as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, 2021 brought its own set of new challenges. Supply-chain woes in 2021 affected everything from healthcare, the automotive industry and cybersecurity to travel, retail and the food supply. The growing pains of the new work reality were evident
This independent, global survey of 1,100 information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) security professionals who work full time for enterprises that own, operate, or otherwise support components of critical infrastructure, explores how they have dealt with the significant challenges in 2021, their levels of resiliency, and priorities moving forward. Key findings include: Ransomware is
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Since we published our 2021 Spotlight Report and index updates (1, 2, and 3) that highlighted key metrics, we have been tracking ransomware threats. We have been able to warn organizations and product vendors about ransomware threats and the specific vulnerabilities these threats are targeting through these reports. This report brings you trends that we
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Welcome to our new threat report and our new company. As we look ahead in this new year, we must acknowledge a threatscape that left us all exhausted from a particularly challenging end to 2021. In our new company’s first threat report, we acknowledge the Log4j issue that dominated not only headlines, but the focus
