cyber trends
From the meteoric
rise in cryptomining
to massive data
breaches and DDoS
attacks, there was
no shortage of
cyber-disruption
caused to global
organisations over
the past year.
• Ransomware attacks in decline:
In 2018, ransomware usage fell
sharply, impacting just 4% of
organisations globally.
“From the meteoric rise in cryptomining
to massive data breaches and DDoS
attacks, there was no shortage of
cyber-disruption caused to global
organisations over the past year.
“Threat actors have a wide range of
options available to target and extract
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revenues from organisations in any
sector, and the first instalment of the
2019 Security Report highlights the
increasingly stealthy approaches
they are currently using,” said Peter
Alexander, Chief Marketing Officer of
Check Point Software Technologies.
“These multi-vector, fast-moving, large-
scale Gen V attacks are becoming more
and more frequent, and organisations
need to adopt a multi-layered
cybersecurity strategy that prevents
these attacks from taking hold of their
networks and data. The 2019 Security
Report offers knowledge, insights and
recommendations on how to prevent
these attacks.”
Cryptomining soars but
only one in five IT pros are
aware of infections
Meanwhile, the second instalment of
the report highlights how the tools and
services used to commit cybercrime
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