Ransomware, phishing and pretexting are on the rise: Verizon
Ransomware and social attacks have been the big stars in the past year when it comes to cybersecurity, according to the latest edition of Verizon’s popular yearly report. Drawing from datasets aggregated from 67 other organizations, including 53,308 security incidents and 2,216 data breaches, Verizon’s 2018 Data Breach Investigations Report shows that ransomware was the most common type of malware reported. Based on 1,379 malware incidents, 56 percent involved ransomware. Verizon notes that it first mentioned ransomware in its 2013 report and predicted that it would flourish because of how effective it is for cybercriminals. “Now we have seen this style of malware overtake all others to be the most prevalent variety of malicious code for this year’s dataset. Ransomware is an interesting phenomenon that, when viewed through the mind of an attacker, makes perfect sense,” the report says. Ransomware is seen as so effective, Verizon says, because it can be attempted with little risk to […]
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