IoT News - McAfee Sees Ransomware-as-a-Service, Cryptocurrency and Internet of Things Threats Surge in Q1 2021 iotbusinessnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from iotbusinessnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Apr 15, 2021
There was an average 648 threats per minute in Q4, an increase of 60 threats per minute (10%) over Q3, according to the McAfee Threats Report: April 2021.
The two quarters also saw Covid-19-related cyber-attack detections increase by 240% in Q3 and 114% in Q4, while Powershell threats again surged 208% due to continued increases in Donoff malware activity.
“The world – and enterprises – adjusted amidst pandemic restrictions and sustained remote work challenges, while security threats continued to evolve in complexity and increase in volume,” says Raj Samani, McAfee fellow and chief scientist. “Though a large percentage of employees grew more proficient and productive in working remotely, enterprises endured more opportunistic Covid-19 related campaigns among a new cast of bad-actor schemes.
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