SonicWall Report: Cybercriminals Morphing Tactics

DataLink partner SonicWall has published the mid-year update to its 2020 Cyber Threat Report, highlighting increases in ransomware, opportunistic use of the COVID-19 pandemic, and systemic weaknesses and growing exploitation of Microsoft Office files by cybercriminals.

The report analyzes threat intelligence data gathered from 1.1 million sensors in over 215 countries and territories. The latest data shows that cybercriminals continue to morph their tactics to sway the odds in their favor during uncertain times. With everyone more remote and mobile than ever before, businesses are highly exposed and the cybercriminal industry has become very aware of that.

Download the full mid-year update

Key Takeaways from the Report

20% jump in ransomware globally, 109% spike in United States
24% drop in malware attacks worldwide
7% of phishing attacks capitalized on COVID-19 pandemic
176% increase in malicious Microsoft Office file types
23% of malware attacks leveraged non-standards ports
50% rise of IoT malware attacks

From this threat data, SonicWall president and CEO Bill Conner concludes: “Cybercriminals can be resourceful, often setting traps to take advantage of people’s kindness during a natural disaster, panic throughout a crisis and trust in systems used in everyday life.”

Don’t leave your business at risk… DataLink has SonicWall security solutions that can protect you from the cybercriminals – plus we have the expertise to identify and remediate attacks already inflicting damage.