Cybersecurity experts predict an increase of ransomware attacks

During the first nine months of this year 495 million ransomware attacks have been registered, which represents an increase of 148 % worldwide, compared to 2020, as reported in its report by the company SonicWall.

According to the information provided by the cybersecurity expert company, 2021 has become the most expensive and dangerous year for global organizations due to the figures they have had to pay to protect the data and information of their companies.

In addition, SonicWall predicted that in the last quarter of the year attacks could increase to 714 million. The figures provided by company, highlight that in the third quarter of the year there were “a total of 190.4 million worldwide”, to become one of the most negative in the history of the company.

When comparing with 2020, it is observed that for the first 3 quarter of last year a total of 195.7 million ransomware attacks were added. Another data reported is the number of attempts to hijack the data obtained by clients during the third quarter, equivalent to 1,748, which translates into 9.7 cyberattack attempts per client in each working day.

Attacks on the rise

On the other hand, the company indicated that its technology called RTDMI, from January to September, “has discovered 307,516 new malware variants.” In addition, this technology recognized an increase by 33 % of malware that was directed to the global IoT, mainly in the United States and Europe.

The same happens with cryptojacking, where an increase of 21 % is registered worldwide, but in the European continent it is more significant, obtaining a “massive growth of 461 %”.

For the president and CEO of SonicWall, Bill Conner, “ransomware is immersed in an almost unimaginable upward trend, representing a significant risk to companies, service providers, governments and citizens”.

 M. Rodríguez

Source: cybersecuritynews.es