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IoT Malware Attacks Worldwide Surge by 66% to Over 50 Million in 2020
From wearables and baby monitors to defibrillators and industrial robots — Internet of Things (IoT) devices are slowly taking over our lives both in personal and business settings. However, so are cyber threats related to these devices. According to the data presented by the Atlas VPN team, based on the Global Cyberattack Trends report by SonicWall, in 2020, malware attacks on IoT devices spiked by 66% compared to 2019.
Macro-less Word Document Attacks On The Rise, Zero Day Malware Variants Jump 167 Percent
WatchGuard® Technologies announced new research findings from its Internet Security Report for Q4 2017. Among the report’s most notable findings, threat intelligence from Firebox appliances protecting small and midsize businesses (SMBs) and distributed enterprises around the world showed that total malware attacks are up by 33 percent, and that cyber criminals are increasingly leveraging Microsoft Office documents to deliver malicious payloads. WatchGuard has also launched a new Threat Landscape data visualization tool, available for the public to access to daily updates about the most prevalent computer and network security threats affecting SMBs and distributed enterprises.
Organizations Shouldn’t Ignore Threat Of Mining Malware
NTT Security, the specialized security company for NTT Group, has warned that organizations could be targeted by malware designed for mining cryptocurrency. In a new report out, researchers at its Global Threat Intelligence Center (GTIC) share their research into a type of malware solely designed to mine Monero (XMR), a form of cryptocurrency affording its users the greatest amount of anonymity.
Petya Variant Cripples European Businesses
In the wake of May’s WannaCry attack, which affected more than 230,000 computers in over 150 countries, a fast-moving malware outbreak was reported June 27 at targets in Spain, France, Ukraine, Russia, and other countries. The attack infected large banks, law firms, shipping companies, and even the Chernobyl nuclear facility in the Ukraine. As with WannaCry, hackers employed malicious software using the EternalBlue vulnerability in older Microsoft Windows systems to rapidly spread across an organization. The new malware is thought to be a variant of Petya, a wiper malware designed to destroy systems and data with no hope of recovery.
Shamoon Malware Spawns Even Nastier ‘StoneDrill’
Researchers following up on last November’s re-emergent Shamoon malware attacks have found something even nastier. A new, more dangerous malware called StoneDrill has been detected by Kaspersky Labs as they were studying Shamoon malware that has hit the energy sector in the Middle East initially. It is a data destroying code that sits in a victim’s browser, and wipes any physical or logical path accessible with the target user’s privileges.