SonicWall Cyber Threat Report 2021
Published: March 2021
Format: PDF (70 pages)
Attributed authors: yes (researchers)
Foreword/overview: yes (Bill Conner, President & CEO, SonicWall)
Controlled access: yes
Access:https://www.sonicwall.com/2021-cyber-threat-report/
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According to the SonicWall Cyber Threat Report 2021 the Coronavirus pandemic’s work-from-home reality resulted in an unprecedented change for organisations as they fought to defend exponentially greater attack surfaces from cyber-criminals with powerful cloud-based tools and cloud storage at their disposal.
SonicWall’s Cyber Threat Report 2021 report’s headline findings include:
Global ransomware attacks rose by 62%, with 304.6m attacks worldwide
As the workforces went home, Internet of Things devices became the backdoor for hackers, with attacks skyrocketing by 66%
COVID-19-based malware attacks reached 18.5m as criminals preyed on people’s fears
Sophisticated threat actors varied their attack methods, with malicious Microsoft Office file attacks up by 67%, and complex supply chain attacks a cause of havoc for struggling businesses
High-profile attacks flooded the news cycle, with billions of people’s sensitive data leaked onto the Darkweb from the brands such as Estée Lauder, Microsoft and Facebook
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