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UK Suffers Third Highest Rate of Ransomware Attacks in the World

IT Governance

According to its analysis , 260 organisations in the UK fell victim to ransomware between January 2020 and June 2022, a figure that’s only exceeded by Canada (276) and – in a distant lead – the US (2,379). Across the UK, the education sector was the most frequently targeted, with 24 incidents.

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UNC2529, a new sophisticated cybercrime gang that targets U.S. orgs with 3 malware

Security Affairs

FireEye’s Mandiant unit observed two distinct waves of attacks carried out by the cybercrime group in December 2020. The groups targeted organizations in the business services, financial, health, retail/consumer, aero-military, engineering and manufacturing, government, education, transportation, and utilities industries.