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Ransomware Attacks Up More Last Year Than In Prior Five Years: Verizon

Verizon released its 15th annual report on data breaches last week, finding that ransomware attacks increased by 13 percent in a single year—representing a jump greater than the prior five years combined. The Verizon Business 2022 Data Breach Investigations Report …

Show Them the Money: Cyber Attackers Desire Financial Gain More Than Espionage

Money trumped spying as the top motivator for data breaches last year, according to Verizon’s annual report on cyber crimes published on Tuesday. About nine out of 10 breaches were financially motivated, based on an examination of more than 32,000 …

Data Breaches That Take Minutes to Occur, Often Require Months to Discover

While it typically only takes a short amount of time for a successful breach to compromise data, the amount of time it takes for a breach to be discovered is more likely to be months. This means businesses susceptible to …