New Delhi, Feb 24 (Ians) India was second only to Japan in Asia Pacific in terms of number of cyberattacks that it faced in 2020, making up seven per cent of all attacks in the region, an Ibm report said on Wednesday.
Finance and insurance was the top attacked industry in India, followed by manufacturing and professional services, according to the 2021 X-Force Threat Intelligence Index released by Ibm Security.
Ransomware was the top attack type, making up roughly 40 per cent of attacks. In addition, digital currency mining and server access attacks hit Indian companies last year.
"We also witnessed cybercriminals using relief efforts and public health information as spam lures including targeted attacks on critical components of the vaccine supply chain. These all remain issues in 2021," Sudeep Das, Security Software Technical Sales Leader, Ibm Technology Sales, India/South Asia, said in a statement.
"Hence, organisations need to harden their cloud environments with...
Finance and insurance was the top attacked industry in India, followed by manufacturing and professional services, according to the 2021 X-Force Threat Intelligence Index released by Ibm Security.
Ransomware was the top attack type, making up roughly 40 per cent of attacks. In addition, digital currency mining and server access attacks hit Indian companies last year.
"We also witnessed cybercriminals using relief efforts and public health information as spam lures including targeted attacks on critical components of the vaccine supply chain. These all remain issues in 2021," Sudeep Das, Security Software Technical Sales Leader, Ibm Technology Sales, India/South Asia, said in a statement.
"Hence, organisations need to harden their cloud environments with...
- 2/24/2021
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
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