Number of cyberattacks against organisations increases by 13 %, with rise in mobile device attacks
increase of 5 % on the previous year . The findings suggest that many organisations , particularly small and medium sized businesses , will require more resources to filter this massive amount of data for potential threats . The risk is that these businesses will become increasingly vulnerable to attack as the level and volume of activity continues to rise . intelligent MOBILE SECURITY
A significant increase in cyber activity has placed further strain on stretched IT teams of all business sizes that lack dedicated security analysis resources . A report from Orange Cyberdefense also finds a wave of vulnerabilities and attacks against mobile operating systems .
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R managed security services provider , has revealed that there has been a 13 % increase in cyberattacks on enterprises over the past 12 months , with a rise in ransomware incidents and , for the first time , a noticeable wave of attacks against mobile devices .
The Security Navigator 2022 provides a detailed analysis of more than 50 billion security events analysed daily over the past year ( October 2020 to October 2021 ) by Orange Cyberdefense ’ s 18 Security Operation Centres ( SOCs ) and 14 CyberSOCs across the globe .
Monitoring showed that of the 94,806 incidents flagged as being potential threats , analyst investigation confirmed 34,156 ( 36 %) to be legitimate security incidents – a 13 % increase on the year before . More than a third ( 38 %) of all confirmed security incidents were classified as malware , including ransomware – an increase of 18 % on 2020 .
The report found that almost two-thirds ( 64 %) of the security alerts dealt with by Orange Cyberdefense analysts turned out to be ‘ noise ’ and did not represent a genuine threat – an
The Security Navigator also reports that mobile operating systems like iOS and Android in a business context are an increasingly popular target for exploits . Many of the activities appear to be related to commercial companies contracted by law enforcement and intelligence agencies . However , the vulnerabilities and exploits developed will likely not stay in that realm , but have in the past and will likely in the future find their way into the criminal ecosystem as well ( mind the WannaCry attack of 2017 ).
Orange Cyberdefense predicts attacks targeting mobile devices are likely to continue on this upward trajectory . This is a development that security professionals will need to pay closer attention to . Mobile platforms are key in modern access protection concepts , namely Multi-Factor Authentication ( MFA ), which is commonly used in corporate environments to protect cloud access for instance .
Another key finding of the new Security Navigator is that malware , including ransomware , was the most common type of threat reported across the analysis period , with 38 % of all confirmed security incidents classified as malware – an increase of 18 % on 2020 . Among the key malware trends are :
• A decrease in confirmed downloader activity ( malware that downloads and runs other malware on affected systems ) in November and December 2020 after the Trickbot botnet was taken down by law enforcement , and in January and February 2021 , directly after Emotet was taken down .
• An inverse correlation between the stringency of COVID-19 lockdowns and the volumes of downloader and ransomware activity : the more stringent the lockdowns , the less of this activity , running contrary to the prevailing narrative that attacks increase when users work from home .
• Large organisations see more than double ( 43 %) the amount of confirmed malware incidents than mediumsized businesses . u
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