https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/General-Topics/Cyber-Attack-Trends-2020-Mid-Year-Report/m-p/92155#M18347 <P><SPAN><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="HERO.png" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/7348i499A4E644B74A93A/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="HERO.png" alt="HERO.png" /></span></SPAN></P> <UL> <LI><SPAN>Check Point Research publishes its 2020 Mid-Year Report, giving a detailed overview of the current cyber threat landscape.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>· COVID-19 related phishing and malware attacks increased dramatically from under 5,000 thousand per week in February, to over 200,000 per week in late April</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>· 34% increase in all types of cyber-attacks globally in the past two months compared to March and April 2020</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>· Cryptominers lead cyber attack categories globally, making up nearly 20% of all cyber attacks</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>· Email attack vectors (78%) dominate web attack vectors (22%)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>· Excel files (exe) are the top malicious files across web (42%) and email (26%)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>· 80% of the observed attacks utilized vulnerabilities reported and registered in 2017 and earlier</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>· More than 20% of the attacks used vulnerabilities that are at least seven years</SPAN></LI> <LI><SPAN>Get the full report:<BR /><A href="https://lnkd.in/g2dTjWB" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-attribute-index="12">https://lnkd.in/g2dTjWB</A></SPAN></LI> </UL> <P><SPAN><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Mid-Year-Report-Social-1200x628_3.jpg" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/7346i4227D05E9DE37D82/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="Mid-Year-Report-Social-1200x628_3.jpg" alt="Mid-Year-Report-Social-1200x628_3.jpg" /></span></SPAN></P> Wed, 22 Jul 2020 11:01:29 GMT Tal_Eisner 2020-07-22T11:01:29Z https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/General-Topics/Cyber-Attack-Trends-2020-Mid-Year-Report/m-p/92155#M18347 <P><SPAN><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="HERO.png" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/7348i499A4E644B74A93A/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="HERO.png" alt="HERO.png" /></span></SPAN></P> <UL> <LI><SPAN>Check Point Research publishes its 2020 Mid-Year Report, giving a detailed overview of the current cyber threat landscape.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>· COVID-19 related phishing and malware attacks increased dramatically from under 5,000 thousand per week in February, to over 200,000 per week in late April</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>· 34% increase in all types of cyber-attacks globally in the past two months compared to March and April 2020</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>· Cryptominers lead cyber attack categories globally, making up nearly 20% of all cyber attacks</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>· Email attack vectors (78%) dominate web attack vectors (22%)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>· Excel files (exe) are the top malicious files across web (42%) and email (26%)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>· 80% of the observed attacks utilized vulnerabilities reported and registered in 2017 and earlier</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>· More than 20% of the attacks used vulnerabilities that are at least seven years</SPAN></LI> <LI><SPAN>Get the full report:<BR /><A href="https://lnkd.in/g2dTjWB" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-attribute-index="12">https://lnkd.in/g2dTjWB</A></SPAN></LI> </UL> <P><SPAN><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Mid-Year-Report-Social-1200x628_3.jpg" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/7346i4227D05E9DE37D82/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="Mid-Year-Report-Social-1200x628_3.jpg" alt="Mid-Year-Report-Social-1200x628_3.jpg" /></span></SPAN></P> Wed, 22 Jul 2020 11:01:29 GMT https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/General-Topics/Cyber-Attack-Trends-2020-Mid-Year-Report/m-p/92155#M18347 Tal_Eisner 2020-07-22T11:01:29Z