The Cybersecurity check point firm in its latest report claims that there has been a 93% increase in the number of ransomware attacks globally.
“An organization in India was attacked by an average of 1738 times per week in the past 6 months, compared with 757 attacks per organization globally,” he said in the ‘Cyber ​​attack trend: 2021 annual checking point that claimed the most affected industries in India in India The last six months are education / research; Government / military; Insurance / Legal; Manufacturing and health care.
Globally, cyber criminals also target critical health and infrastructure services.
The report claims that organizations have increased by 29% in cyber attacks globally.
The EMEA region shows the highest growth of 36%, followed by America with a 34% increase with APAC witnessing 13% attack growth.
“This year has also seen the new Ransomware ‘Triple Extortion’ technique emerged.
Although it has succeeded in conducting international operations that target cyber crimes, such as the famous Emotet Botnet Take-Down, threat actors launch advanced attacks that exploit the organizational supply chain to cause interference Widespread, “he added.
Globally, the number of ransomware attacks on organizations increased by 93% in H1 2021, compared to the same period last year.
In addition, in addition to stealing sensitive data from the organization and threatens to release it to the public unless the payment is made, the attacker is now targeting the customer’s organization and / or business partners and demanding a ransom from them too.
“Ransomware will grow, even though the law enforcement increases.
Increasing the use of penetration tools to provide direct hacker capabilities to adjust attacks with flies and trends towards collateral damage far beyond the initial target that calls for collateral damage strategies,” warns report.