Friday, 24 March, 2023

Over 62.6 bn cyber threats Blocked in 2020

<p>Trend Micro said it detected 119,000 cyber threats per min which lead to the blocking of over 62.6 bn threats in 2020. In this, email-borne threats made up 91%, attacks and about 14mn unique phishing URLs were detected. Attacks on home networks rose 210% to reach nearly 2.9 bn. Newly detected ransomware families increased by 34%, with &quot;double extortion&quot; attacks. Govt, banking, manufacturing and healthcare were some of the most targeted sectors.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>