TRENDING
stopped well over a million files that were
intended to infect/defraud its victims.
Why do you think attacks in the
Americas increased, while those in
Europe decreased?
In part, the US generally is one of the
territories that is targeted more often.
However, we also have to consider that
unlike many other countries, it does have
relatively mature reporting, so any attacks/
breaches themselves can be identified
and counted.
How do you predict the findings to
change, moving forward?
The use of COVID as a lure is already
fragmenting. We are now seeing attackers
take advantage of some of the indirect
consequence of the pandemic. For
example, attackers are using the economic
situation to bait individuals into clicking
on links to malicious sites, under the guise
that they will be able to claim stimulus
cheques. Also, with more of us streaming
content to our homes, we are seeing an
uptick in phishing lures claiming that
accounts have been suspended. •
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