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MY TAKE: New ‘cyberthreat index’ shows SMBs cognizant of big risks, ill-prepared to deal with them

The Last Watchdog

Small and midsize businesses — so-called SMBs — face an acute risk of sustaining a crippling cyberattack. This appears to be even more true today than it was when I began writing about business cyber risks at USA TODAY more than a decade ago. So far in 2019, we’re seeing another shift back to ransomware, Gill told me.

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Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks in 2022: 408 Million Breached Records

IT Governance

We also give ransomware its own category, due in part to the frequency of attacks and to differentiate it from intrusions that may be harder to detect, such as password breaches. Meanwhile, we discovered 255 ransomware attacks during the year (24% of all publicly disclosed incidents).

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Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks Quarterly Review: Q1 2022

IT Governance

We also place ransomware in its own category, due in part to the frequency of attacks and in order to differentiate it from intrusions that may be harder to detect, such as password breaches. One reason that these types of attack account for such a high percentage of the total is the dramatic decrease in ransomware.

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Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks Quarterly Review: Q3 2022

IT Governance

We also place ransomware in its own category, due in part to the frequency of attacks and in order to differentiate it from intrusions that may be harder to detect, such as password breaches. Part of the reason that these attacks account for such a high percentage of the total is the way organisations address ransomware attacks.

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Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks Quarterly Review: Q2 2022

IT Governance

We also place ransomware in its own category, due in part to the frequency of attacks and in order to differentiate it from intrusions that may be harder to detect, such as password breaches. Part of the reason that these attacks account for such a high percentage of the total is the decrease in ransomware attacks. Download now.

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Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks Quarterly Review: Q2 2023

IT Governance

We also place ransomware in its own category, due in part to the frequency of attacks and in order to differentiate it from intrusions that may be harder to detect, such as password breaches. Elsewhere, we continue to see fluctuations in the number of reported ransomware attacks.

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Data breaches and cyber attacks quarterly review: Q3 2021

IT Governance

We also place ransomware in its own category, due in part to the frequency of attacks and in order to differentiate it from intrusions that may be harder to detect, such as password breaches. In more positive news, we reported on just 79 ransomware attacks in Q3, compared to 107 in the previous quarter. Download now.