figures | DataProtectionCenter.com

Ransomware attacks against businesses increased threefold in 2016

12

Dec

2016

The number of ransomware attacks targeting companies increased threefold from January to September, affecting one in every five businesses worldwide. According to a new report from security company Kaspersky Lab, the rate of ransomware attacks against businesses increased from one every two minutes to one every 40 seconds during that period. For consumers it was […]

Category Malware Written by Cio 0 Comments

789% year-over-year spike in malware and phishing

08

Jun

2016

An analysis of phishing email campaigns from the first three months of 2016 has seen a 6.3 million increase in raw numbers, due primarily to a ransomware upsurge against the last quarter of 2015. That is a 789% jump. PhishMe identified three key trends previously recorded throughout 2015, but have come to full fruition in […]

Category Malware Phishing Written by Feedproxy 0 Comments

Krebs: Wendy’s breach losses may exceed those of Target, Home Depot incidents

03

Mar

2016

The financial loss to credit unions affected by the Wendy’s data breach uncovered earlier this month appears to be on pace to surpass damages incurred from the high-profile Target and Home Depot breach incidents, according to a report from Krebs on Security. The report quoted B. Dan Berger, CEO at the National Association of Federal Credit […]

Category Data loss Written by Feedproxy 0 Comments

The Latest in IT Security

Posts Tagged ‘figures’

Ransomware attacks against businesses increased threefold in 2016

789% year-over-year spike in malware and phishing

Krebs: Wendy’s breach losses may exceed those of Target, Home Depot incidents

Categories

Featured

Archives

Latest Comments

About Us

Contact Us