Recently released data only reinforces the importance of corporations and technology users investing in information security and privacy. The rate of cyber attacks recorded around the world has grown 55% only between the years of 2021 e 2022.
In this last, were registered 146 billions of scam attempts. Although, em 2021, the number of threats was 94 billion. Confirming a growth pattern, the data was released in the annual report of Japanese cybersecurity company Trend Micro.
All year round, new negative records for companies and citizens have been broken. Cybersecurity experts pointed to adherence to the hybrid regime and working from home during the pandemic as one of the main reasons for interference in this scenario.
The main threats
The Japanese survey also listed the blocked threats most applied by cybercriminals. The list includes email scams, of malicious URLs and files. Among the main email scams is the “Fake CEO”, also known as BEC (Business E-mail Compromise).
The focus of this type of attack is on reaching administrative and financial areas through companies' virtual addresses. This type of fraud is the one that represents the most profits: between 2019 e 2021 US$ have already been accounted for 43 billions donated to criminals.
Most affected countries
In three years there was an increase in 365% of hacking attempts on corporate accounts. This represents another record for the category as well.. In all, they are 253 millions of hacking attempts recorded in 2022. Yet, according to the report, the countries that record the most fraud are the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
Most dangerous ransomware
The year of 2016 was marked by billions of cyber attacks from Ransomware. Now, this number has reduced a little, despite the report of 2022 still point 15,7 million cases and an increase in 12% in relation to 2021. The question here, although, It's not the quantity, but yes, the danger it poses to users.
Now, attacks are more elaborate. A few years ago, distribution was carried out massively, although, now, the software uses a cross-platform language that makes it difficult to detect by antivirus systems.
