Tag: Malware
Website categories British employers don’t want you to visit
Up to 72% of employers block malware and adult websites. Phishing websites are blocked by 70% of employers, while gambling ones – by 43%. Adult content is blocked by 77% of British employers, while malware websites are blocked by 55%. According to data collected by the cybersecurity company NordLayer, a significant portion of employers (72%) block malicious…
2023 was the worst year ever for online cyber attacks, report claims
UK firms experienced 720,252 online attacks each last year - the equivalent of one every 44 seconds. That's according to Beaming, an internet service provider for businesses. Beaming has analysed cyberattacks targeting thousands of UK-based businesses since the beginning of 2016 to understand their nature and origin better. Beaming’s latest analysis, published today, reveals that: UK…
Tech Digest daily roundup: UK Government announces more details about emergency alert system
The government has released further details about next week's UK-wide test of an emergency alert system. A message will appear alongside a loud alarm on millions of mobile phones at 3pm on 23 April. The text that will appear has now been revealed - and it will say: "This is a test of Emergency Alerts, a…
How to Troubleshoot IT Issues in a Business
It tends to be true that the smaller the business, the more they’re troubled by IT issues. This is because their technology team is usually understaffed compared to what larger corporations can afford. The same goes for the budget for faster hardware and efficient software. Fortunately, there are various methods to troubleshoot issues in information…
Black Friday sees 300% rise in malware attacks
In the first two weeks of November, all cyber-attacks grew by 10% and malware attacks spiked by 300% on Black Friday this year, shows Capture Labs data and a recent study by the cybersecurity company Surfshark. Numbers returned to normal November levels on Cyber Monday. The number of websites attacked 50 times a day by…
4 in 10 malware downloads are malicious office docs
Even though infecting office documents with malware has been established for a long time, it is still very successful at tricking people. According to recent Atlas VPN team findings, 43% of all malware downloads are malicious office docs. Harmful office files are popular among cybercriminals as they usually can evade many antivirus software from detection. …
Over 300 million ransomware attacks recorded in first half of 2021, claims study
In the first half of 2021, ransomware attacks skyrocketed, eclipsing the entire volume for 2020 in only six months, according to the mid-year update to the 2021 SonicWall Cyber Threat Report published today. With high-profile attacks against established technology and infrastructure, ransomware is now more prevalent than ever. Through the first half of 2021, SonicWall recorded…
McAfee sees average of 648 new threats per minute
McAfee sees COVID-19-themed cyber-attack detections increase by 114% in Q4 2020 Powershell threats grow 208% driven by Donoff malware New malware samples grow 10%; averaging 648 new threats per minute New ransomware increases 69%; Mobile malware grows 118% McAfee observes 3.1 million external attacks on cloud user accounts The Eternal Blue exploit was the most…
Mac malware surges over 1000% in 2020, claims study
According to an Atlas VPN investigation, the development of macOS malware surged by 1,092% in 2020. To be exact, 674,273 new malware samples were found in 2020, when there were only 56,556 samples detected in 2019. Malware, or malicious software, is a collective term for all kinds of threats. Microsoft lumps malware into thirteen distinct…
Over 100 million malware infections detected on Windows in 2020
According to data analyzed by Atlas VPN, in 2020 devices with Windows operating systems were affected by over 111 million malware infections. Out of all of the Windows malware threats detected last year, 83% or nearly 92.3 million were found on consumer devices, while 15% or 16.7 million were discovered on business devices. The remaining…
