🏅 Most Common Cyber Attacks 2022
Cyber attacks against UK firms dropped by 10% last year, but ... - IT PRO
· The most common type of breach involved phishing attacks, which affected 85% of businesses and 86% of charities. Matt Cooke, cybersecurity strategist for EMEA at Proofpoint, said this was unsurprising given the continued success of phishing attacks by cyber criminals globally. "Email has been the number one threat vector for many years now – why?
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Green shoots for UK cyber despite ransomware hammering
· While phishing remains the most common form of cybercrime in the UK, there has been a notable drop – so notable, in fact, ... "Cyber attacks are disrupting our citizens, businesses and economy, and this year’s survey puts the risks we face into sharp focus. While we are making progress there’s still more to do, and we all have a role to ...
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Cyber Security Statistics: Important Data to Know in 2025 - Cloudwards
· Malware-based DDoS attacks are the most common threat to Linux-based systems. 5; The U.S. and China accounted for over a quarter of all the DDoS attack traffic globally in 2023. 16; There was a ...
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8 types of ransomware, plus examples of attacks - TechTarget
· CISA reported that, by November 2022, Hive had 1,300 victim organizations and received around $100 million in ransom payments. In January 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice announced it had seized Hive's servers. In July 2022, the FBI said it had captured Hive decryption keys and provided them to victims worldwide. November 2021: BlackCat
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8 Cyber Attack Vectors To Know (And Avoid) - BPM
· Unfortunately, cyber attacks are alarmingly mainstream. In fact, new research from the Identity Theft Resource Center revealed that data breaches increased 211% year over year.. While at first glance, that might seem extreme, this spike actually makes good sense when you consider that many companies rely on the internet to run and manage their businesses.
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Common VPN Vulnerabilities That Open The Door To Attackers
· VPN Vulnerabilities List: Real Threats from 2022–2025. Attackers aren’t working with hypotheticals. These are verified, documented vulnerabilities that have been actively exploited in real-world attacks between 2022 and 2025. If your VPN infrastructure isn’t regularly audited and patched, you’re likely exposed to one or more of them.
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UK businesses are still getting hacked, but they are becoming smarter
· On average, UK businesses coughed up £1,600 dealing with their most disruptive cyber breach last year. For charities, that pain hit even harder at £3,240. And those are the soft numbers. ... While the volume of attacks is dropping slightly among smaller organizations – probably because attackers are moving to bigger targets – medium and ...
Apr 10, 2025
Cyber Security News Today | Articles on Cyber Security, Malware Attack ...
· Cyber News - Check out top news and articles about cyber security, malware attack updates and more at Cyware.com. Our machine learning based curation engine brings you the top and relevant cyber security content. ... CatB ransomware, also known as CatB99 or Baxtoy, emerged in late 2022 and has gained attention for its use of DLL hijacking via ...
Apr 10, 2025
Most Common Cyber Attacks 2024
UK’s Cyber Crime Down in 2024: Better 'Cyber Hygiene ... - TechRepublic
· Phishing also remained the most common type of cyber crime, attack, or breach among organisations in the UK. Only 680,000 of the 8.58 million cyber crimes experienced by businesses were not ...
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Cyber security breaches survey 2025 - GOV.UK
· Overall prevalence of experiencing any cyber breach or attack has declined this year among businesses compared to 2024 (50%), driven by a decrease in micro (41% down from 47% in 2024) and small ...
Apr 10, 2025
Rewterz Releases Annual Threat Intelligence Report 2024 Highlighting ...
· Key Insights from the Annual Threat Intelligence Report 2024: The latest Threat Intelligence Report highlights evolving cyber threats and attack patterns impacting organizations worldwide. Malware remained the most common attack method, with phishing, credential theft, and vulnerability exploits also posing significant risks.
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Breaking News: Kiteworks Unveils the Real Impact Behind 2024’s Biggest ...
· The 2024 breach landscape revealed significant evolution in attack sophistication. Credential-based attacks remained the primary initial vector in 5 of 11 major breaches but evolved from generic phishing to advanced social engineering tactics like Dell’s convincing partner impersonation and Kaiser’s MFA fatigue techniques.
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Cyber attacks 2024: data theft on the dark web increased by 15%. - crif.com
· The Cyber Observatory paints a picture of increasingly sophisticated and targeted attacks based on comprehensive personal data used for advanced fraud. Among the most popular techniques are smishing 1 , phishing 2 , and deepfake 3 , with cases such as the WhatsApp CEO deepfake scam 4 , which hit companies globally by convincing employees to transfer funds after receiving seemingly legitimate ...
Apr 10, 2025
Inside the UK Government's Cyber Security Breaches Survey
· Phishing attacks remain the most common and disruptive threat, with 85% of businesses experiencing a breach or attack. Organisations noted that phishing is growing more sophisticated, including impersonation using AI. ... The uptake of cyber insurance (62% up from 49% in 2024) and cyber security risk assessments (48% up from 41% in 2024 ...
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Cyber attacks against UK firms dropped by 10% last year, but ... - IT PRO
· More than six-in-ten revealed they now have cyber insurance, up from 49% in 2024, and the proportion with a formal cybersecurity policy rose slightly. Meanwhile, 53% now have a business continuity plan, up from 44% in 2024. ... The most common type of breach involved phishing attacks, which affected 85% of businesses and 86% of charities ...
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Green shoots for UK cyber despite ransomware hammering
· In the previous reporting year, 2024, 22 percent of businesses reported being victimized by some kind of cybercrime, whereas in the current reporting year, 2025, this dropped slightly to 20 percent. 14 percent of charities reported cybercrime issues in both years. ... While phishing remains the most common form of cybercrime in the UK, there ...
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