Since the coronavirus epidemic, health has been an area whose role has been seen the most. In such a situation, Cyber Criminals started targeting it.
According to Sonicwall’s 2021 report, India has suffered more than 25 million malware attacks in December 2020.
In the last year, trade and professional services, retail and hospitality, financial, healthcare and high technology have been the sectors which have been targeted the most by cybercriminals. This fact has been disclosed in a report released today.
According to the ‘FireIMandient M-Trends 2021’ report, organizations associated with the retail and hospitality industry have been targeted more in 2020, making it the second-highest target industry as compared to the 11th position in last year’s report. I have come out
There has also been a significant increase in cyber attacks in the healthcare sector, which has become the third most targeted industry in 2020 as compared to the eighth place in last year’s report.
Since the coronavirus epidemic, health has been an area whose role has been seen the most. Meanwhile the increased focus by the Threat Actors (skilled in cyber attacks) can be illustrated by the important role played by the healthcare sector during the global pandemic.
Cyber attacks increase by 59 percent in 2020
Whereas in the report of the previous year, a comparative decline in cyber infiltration was observed in this area. At the same time, experts say that the incidence of cyber attacks has increased in this area. According to the report, the incidence of cyber attacks has increased by 59 percent in 2020 and it has registered a growth of 12 points compared to 2019.
“Multipurpose extortion and ransomware are the most prevalent threats to organizations,” said Charles Carmackel, senior vice president and chief technology officer at Mideant, an associate of cyber security company FireI. In this year’s report, there is a possibility of infiltration of at least 36 percent for direct financial gain, which we have investigated. “
He said that unauthorized access has been seen more to organizations suffering from data theft. He said that ransomware actors have targeted organizations more likely to pay extortion demands on a larger scale. Given this increase, organizations should take proactive action to minimize the potential impact.
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