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Cisco report finds cryptomining malware activity affected 69 % of customers in 2020
isco has published its DNS
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Security Report , which analyses malicious DNS activity and threats that occurred between January and December of last year . The report examines data from Cisco Umbrella , the company ’ s cloud-based network security platform , finding that cryptomining malware affected a vast majority of customers in 2020 , generating substantial amounts of malicious DNS traffic , while taking up precious computing resources .
During a year in which security issues have become essential for all to tackle , DNS Threat Analysis , which processes 620 billion global DNS requests daily , found that from January – December 2020 nearly 90 % of organisations had at least one user attempt to connect to a phishing site , most likely by clicking a link in an email . Among the
DNS activity findings : users in 70 % of organisations got malicious browser ads . Furthermore , 51 % of organisations encountered ransomware-related activity . Another 48 % found informationstealing malware activity .
Commenting on the report , Fady Younes , Cybersecurity Director , Middle East and Africa , Cisco , said : “ In today ’ s threat landscape , the idea that ‘ no one is an island ’ holds true for threats . The most prevalent attacks these days leverage a variety of threats at different stages . If you find one threat within your network , it ’ s wise to investigate what threats have been observed working in tandem with it and take precautionary measures to prevent them from causing further havoc .”
Cloud services : A threat vector for healthcare industry
nfoblox , a leader in secure
I cloud-managed network services , has unveiled new research into the cybersecurity and network infrastructure challenges faced by decision-makers in the healthcare industry . One year into the COVID-19 pandemic , the report reveals major challenges this critical industry faced as healthcare IT workers scrambled to secure protected health information
( PHI ) and the infrastructure against the pandemic ’ s complex cybersecurity and networking challenges .
Based on responses from nearly 800 healthcare IT decision-makers in North America , Latin America , Europe and the Asia- Pacific region , key survey findings include :
• Data breaches and network outages are a real and growing cost for the industry : Nearly half ( 43 %) of respondents estimated the costs of data breaches would exceed US $ 2 million and more than one-third ( 34 %) said the same for network outages .
• The healthcare industry is a target : Over half of respondents ( 52 %) suffered a data breach in the past year .
• Attackers are focusing on the cloud : Cloud vulnerabilities and misconfigurations , IoT attacks and data manipulation are the most expected cyberthreats the industry faces in the next 12 months , each cited by nearly 20 % of respondents .
• Cloud networks remain vulnerable : 53 % of respondents experienced data breaches in cloud networks , the biggest attack vector from the past year .
• Knowledge is half the battle : Respondents cited network monitoring ( 71 % of respondents ) and threat intelligence ( 61 %) as the most effective mitigation tactics against the threats they faced in 2020 .
The survey also found that financial losses from network outages tend to be only marginally lower than those from data breaches , demonstrating that losses from normal business interruptions can be as damaging as those from hacks . www . intelligentciso . com
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