Phishing<\/a> activity increased significantly in the first few months of 2020, taking advantage of pandemic-induced product shortages and increased usage of streaming services. For the first time, eBay topped the list of brands most targeted for impersonations, with 31.1% of all phishing attacks in the month of February impersonating eBay. In March, phishing activity surged among streaming services YouTube (3,064%), Netflix (525%) and Twitch (337%).
“Gathered from over 285 million real-world endpoints and sensors, and leveraging the extensive BrightCloud network of industry-leading partners, this year’s Threat Report clearly shows how cybercriminals are willing and able to evolve their tactics to exploit collective human interest and current events,” said Prentiss Donohue, Executive Vice President, SMB\/C Sales, OpenText. “The findings underscore the need for users and businesses of all sizes to enact a multi-layered approach to data security and protection given the persistent creativity of cybercriminals.”
Notable Report Findings:<\/strong>
Phishing<\/strong>
- Attacks increased 510% from January to February alone<\/li>
- The top five phishing targets of the year were eBay, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook and Google<\/li>
- By the end of 2020, 54% of phishing sites used HTTPs. Use of HTTPS varies considerably based on the industry being targeted and is most heavily used when spoofing cryptocurrency exchanges (70% of the time), ISPs (65%), and gaming (62%)<\/li><\/ul>
Malware<\/a><\/strong>- 86.1% of malware is unique to a single PC<\/li>
- 83% of Windows malware hides in one of four locations. One of which, %appdata%, saw the infection rate jump 59.2% YoY<\/li>
- Consumer devices saw twice as many malware infections when compared to business devices<\/li><\/ul>
Infection Rates by Country and Industry<\/strong>- At 2.3%, Japan had the lowest PC infection rate per region, followed by the United Kingdom (2.7%), Australasia (3.2%) and North America (3.7%)<\/li>
- In Europe, home devices were more than three times as likely to encounter an infection as business devices (17.4% versus 5.3%) <\/li>
- Based on reported data, Health Care and Social Assistance (down 41.4% from the YoY average) led in terms of industries with the lowest infection rates, while the highest industry infection rates were seen by Wholesale Trade<\/a>, Mining\/Oil\/Gas and Manufacturing<\/li><\/ul>
Mobile and Android<\/strong>- Of the total threats detected on Android™ devices in 2020, Trojans and malware accounted for 95.9%, an increase from 92.2% in 2019<\/li>
- Outdated operating systems accounted for nearly 90% of Android infections<\/li>
- Malware for Android-based IoT devices is increasing, underscoring the importance of securing all Android devices beyond just smartphones and tablets.<\/li><\/ul><\/body>","next_sibling":[{"msid":82225865,"title":"Apple working on cuffless BP monitoring tech: Report","entity_type":"ARTICLE","link":"\/news\/apple-working-on-cuffless-bp-monitoring-tech-report\/82225865","category_name":null,"category_name_seo":"telecomnews"}],"related_content":[],"msid":82225887,"entity_type":"ARTICLE","title":"34.4% YoY increase in overall phishing activity: Report","synopsis":"Phishing activity increased significantly in the first few months of 2020, taking advantage of pandemic-induced product shortages and increased usage of streaming services","titleseo":"telecomnews\/34-4-yoy-increase-in-overall-phishing-activity-report","status":"ACTIVE","authors":[],"analytics":{"comments":0,"views":274,"shares":0,"engagementtimems":1205000},"Alttitle":{"minfo":""},"artag":"ETCISO","artdate":"2021-04-24 08:09:07","lastupd":"2021-04-24 08:10:42","breadcrumbTags":["phishing","Malware","wholesale trade","cyber attack","mobility threats","OpenText","Internet"],"secinfo":{"seolocation":"telecomnews\/34-4-yoy-increase-in-overall-phishing-activity-report"}}" data-authors="[" "]" data-category-name="" data-category_id="" data-date="2021-04-24" data-index="article_1">
OpenText今天宣布释放2021 Webroot BrightCloud威胁报告。Webroot无与伦比的第六代机器学习安全平台提供了独特的数据洞察时机,战术和技术威胁演员过去一年使用。
网络钓鱼活动在2020年的头几个月显著增加,利用pandemic-induced产品短缺和增加使用流媒体服务。第一次,eBay位居榜首的品牌大多数针对模仿,31.1%的网络钓鱼攻击的2月冒充eBay。今年3月,钓鱼活动飙升在流媒体服务YouTube (3064%)、Netflix(525%)和抽搐(337%)。
“聚集来自2.85亿多个实际的端点和传感器,并利用广泛BrightCloud行业领先的合作伙伴网络,今年的威胁报告清楚地表明,网络罪犯愿意也有能力发展策略利用人类集体利益和时事,”状态唐纳休说,执行副总裁,SMB / C销售,OpenText。“这些发现强调了各种规模的用户和企业需要制定一个多层次的数据安全保护方法鉴于网络罪犯的持久的创造力”。
著名的报告结果:
网络钓鱼
- 攻击增加510%从1月到2月
- 今年五大网络钓鱼的目标是eBay,苹果,微软,Facebook和谷歌
- 到2020年底,54%的网络钓鱼网站使用HTTPs。使用HTTPS基于行业目标,存在着很大的差别最严重时使用欺骗cryptocurrency交流(70%的时间),isp(65%),和游戏(62%)
恶意软件
- 86.1%的恶意软件是独特的一个电脑
- 83%的Windows恶意软件隐藏在四个地点之一。% appdata %,其中一个看到感染率同比增长59.2%
- 消费设备看到恶意软件感染的两倍相比,商业设备
感染率的国家和行业
- 为2.3%,日本PC每地区感染率最低,其次是英国(2.7%)、澳大利亚(3.2%)和北美(3.7%)
- 在欧洲,家庭设备超过三倍可能遇到感染商业设备(17.4%比5.3%)
- 根据报告数据,医疗保健和社会援助(从同比平均下跌41.4%)导致感染率最低的行业而言,虽然行业最高的感染率是看到的批发贸易、采矿/石油/天然气和制造业
手机和安卓
- 总威胁的Android™设备上检测到2020年,木马和恶意软件占了95.9%,从2019年的92.2%有所增加
- 过时的Android操作系统占近90%的感染
- 恶意软件Android物联网设备的增加,强调确保所有Android设备的重要性不仅仅是智能手机和平板电脑。
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