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REPORT FINDS UP TO 300 % INCREASE IN ATTACKS FROM OPPORTUNISTIC TARGETING
A report from NTT has found a spike in application attacks as remote access becomes a common vulnerability .
NTT , a world-leading global technology services provider , has launched its 2021 Global Threat Intelligence Report ( GTIR ), which reveals how hackers are taking advantage of global destabilisation by targeting essential industries and common vulnerabilities from the shift to remote working .
Healthcare , manufacturing and finance industries all saw an increase in attacks ( 200 %, 300 % and 53 % respectively ), with these top three sectors accounting for a combined total of 62 % of all attacks in 2020 , up 11 % from 2019 .
As organisations race to offer more virtual , remote access through the use of client portals , applicationspecific and web-application attacks spiked , accounting for 67 % of all attacks , which has more than doubled in the past two years . Healthcare bore the brunt of these attacks from its shift to telehealth and remote care , with 97 % of all hostile activity targeted
Last year we predicted a surge in targeted , opportunistic attacks and unfortunately , this has proven all too true .
at the industry being web-application or applicationspecific attacks .
The GTIR provides insights from NTT ’ s Cybersecurity Advisory that applies a maturity score of an industry ’ s security programme , with a higher number indicating a more mature plan of action . Concerningly , healthcare and manufacturing have relatively low maturity scores of only 1.02 and 1.21 , respectively .
These have decreased from 2019 ’ s baseline of 1.12 and 1.32 , while attack rates have significantly risen .
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