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TRENDING
CHECK POINT RESEARCH:
GLOBAL IMPACT OF
CRYPTOMINERS
DOUBLES IN H1 2018
Check Point’s Cyber Attack Trends: 2018 Mid-Year
Report reveals 42% of organisations globally were hit
by cryptomining attacks, while sophisticated Gen V
attacks on cloud infrastructures are growing.
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heck Point has released its Cyber
Attack Trends: 2018 Mid-Year Report,
revealing that cybercriminals are
aggressively targeting organisations using
cryptomining malware to develop illegal
revenue streams. Cloud infrastructures
are also a growing target for threat actors
according to the research.
Between January and June 2018, the number
of organisations impacted by cryptomining
malware doubled to 42%, compared to
20.5% in the second half of 2017.
Cryptomining malware enables cybercriminals
to hijack the victim’s CPU or GPU power and
existing resources to mine cryptocurrency,
using as much as 65% of the end-user’s
CPU power. The top three most common
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malware variants seen during H1 2018 were
all cryptominers.
In a new trend, Check Point detected an
increasing number of attacks targeting cloud
infrastructures. With organisations moving
more of their IT estates and data to cloud
environments, criminals are turning to the
cloud to exploit its vast computational power
and multiply their profits.
The Cyber Attack Trends: 2018 Mid-Year
Report gives a detailed overview of the
cyberthreat landscape in the top malware
categories: cryptominers; ransomware;
banking; and mobile. These findings are
based on data drawn from Check Point’s
ThreatCloud in telligence between
January and June 2018, highlighting the
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BETWEEN JANUARY
AND JUNE 2018,
THE NUMBER OF
ORGANISATIONS
IMPACTED BY
CRYPTOMINING
MALWARE
DOUBLED TO
42%, COMPARED
TO 20.5% IN THE
SECOND HALF
OF 2017.
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