765 Million Users Affected by Cyber Attacks in Q2 2018

The amount of total cybersecurity incidents is continuing to grow according to a report from Positive Technologies, with a 47% YoY growth when comparing Q2 2017 with Q2 2018.

The information used to draw the conclusions in their report is based on the security knowledge and expertise of the company's research team, as well as on data gathered during multiple investigations and from authoritative sources.

According to Positive Technologies' report, personal data (30%) and credentials (22%) were the most attractive targets for threat actors, with a wide variety of websites being compromised by attackers to get their paws on this information.

Moreover, despite a decrease in the number of malware-based attacks during Q2 2018 compared to Q1 2018 (49% vs. 63%), they are still the most common, with leaked NSA exploits being used as attack vectors for compromising Internet-facing devices, acting as foothold... (read more)

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