Fast Facts are released monthly by the Trend Micro research team and are based on the Smart Protection Network (SPN) solution.
THE Trend Micro, one of the leading companies in cybersecurity solutions, has just announced the Fast Facts report with an analysis of the global scenario of digital threats from January to December 2021. The report shows that Brazil is the country that sends the most threats of extortion and sextortion. sextorsion), which is sexual blackmail. The United States, on the other hand, is the main target of extortion. The study is based on unique IP addresses.
Although total blocked threats showed a decrease of 13.2% in December, they registered an increase in the fourth quarter, especially in November, closing the year with 94.2 billion* attempted cyber attacks, an increase of 42% from 2020.
ransomware
As of June 2021, the United States is also the country with the highest number of ransomware registrations, followed by France, Hong Kong and Italy in the December ranking. India was in fifth place, displacing Belgium, which was present in the Top 5 in October and November.
The survey confirms the change in the profile of modern ransomware, which has ceased to be massified and has become targeted since 2018, valuing targets with greater financial returns. Despite the slight increase in 2019, the downward trend is expected to persist. In 2021, a total of 14 million ransomware attacks worldwide.
Threats via email
Considering email threats, the United States was the top country attacked throughout 2021, with 32.6% of the total. It was followed, in December, by China, India and Germany. France took fifth place, leaving out Russia which had appeared in the top five targets in November.
Most attacked sectors
The banking, healthcare and government sectors took turns leading the attacks throughout the year, closing 2021 with the government in the lead, followed by healthcare, transport, industry and financial markets. In the Americas, the health area was the most targeted, although in the Brazil the main target remains the governmental.
Covid-19 as bait
Most threats that use the Covid-19 theme are carried out via emails. A significant drop was observed from May to June, but in August it rose again. In December, the threat was still active, with more than 600,000 records.
The “Fast Facts” report is released by the Trend Micro research team with monthly updates on the threat landscape, based on the solution Trend Micro Smart Protection Network (SPN), which analyzes the data security infrastructure. In addition to the SPN sensors, the data collected also came from researchers at Trend Micro, the Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) team, the Threat Hunting team, the Mobile Application Reputation Service (MARS) team, and the Smart Home Network. (SHN).
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