FortiGuard Labs: Organizations Detecting Ransomware Decline as the Volume and Impact of Targeted…>
– Michael Alejandro
In the first half of 2023, FortiGuard Labs observed notable trends, including a decrease in ransomware detections, heightened activity among advanced persistent threat (APT) groups, shifts in MITRE ATT&CK techniques used by attackers, and more.This highlights the urgent need for organizations to bolster their cybersecurity strategies to strengthen their defenses, especially in light of the growing sophistication and frequency of threats.”
Highlights of the report follow
Organizations Detecting Ransomware Are on the Decline
FortiGuard Labs has documented substantial spikes in ransomware variant growth in recent years, largely fueled by the adoption of Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS).Botnets Lingering in Networks Longer Than Ever
While the report finds more active botnets (+27%) and a higher incidence rate among organizations over the last half-decade (+126%), one of the more shocking findings is the exponential increase in the total number of “active days”, which FortiGuard Labs defines as the amount of time that transpires between the first hit of a given botnet attempt on a sensor and the last.Philippines, Q2 2023
The latest findings from FortiGuard Labs reveal that Excel and Microsoft Intermediate Language (MSIL) malware variants have emerged as the predominant cybersecurity threats across the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region during the second quarter of 2023.
Link: https://digitalreg.net/enterprise/fortiguard-labs-q2-2023-philippines/