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Barracuda threat report reveals spike in ransomware to more than 1.2 million per month
attacks Barracuda researchers analyzed , the dominant targets are still five key industries : education ( 15 %), municipalities ( 12 %), healthcare ( 12 %), infrastructure ( 8 %) and financial ( 6 %):
• The number of ransomware attacks increased year-over-year across each of these five industry verticals and attacks against other industries more than doubled compared to last year ’ s report .
• While attacks on municipalities increased only slightly , Barracuda analysis over the past 12 months showed that ransomware attacks on educational institutions more than doubled and attacks on the healthcare and financial verticals tripled .
• This year , Barracuda researchers dug in deeper on these highly publicized attacks to see which other industries are starting to be targeted . Service providers were hit the most and ransomware attacks on automobile , hospitality , media , retail , software and technology organizations all increased as well .
Barracuda , a trusted partner and leading provider of cloudfirst security solutions , has released its Fourth-Annual Threat Research Report on Ransomware .
The new report looks at ransomware attack patterns that occurred between August 2021 and July 2022 . For the 106 highly publicized
Many victims choose not to disclose when they get hit and the attacks are often sophisticated and extremely hard to handle for small businesses .
The report details three examples that researchers have seen through Barracuda SOC-as-a-Service , the anatomy of each attack and the solutions that can help stop these attacks .
Orange and Equinix bring cloud agility to telco infrastructure through ‘ as-a-service ’ capability
Orange and Equinix have announced that Orange has expanded its Telco Cloud footprint in Amsterdam , Madrid and Seattle using Equinix ’ s Bare Metal-as-a-Service capability – Equinix Metal – to speed the deployment of its New Generation International Network .
The new model enables Orange to provide business and wholesale customers with powerful on-demand Telco Cloud Points of Presence ( PoPs ), delivering essential services such as SD-WAN , CDN , 5G roaming and voice services , with an expected latency below 10 milliseconds .
By integrating with Equinix ’ s automated dedicated Bare Metal-asa-Service located in proximity to its existing networks at Equinix , Orange can quickly meet customer demand for growth , deploying in weeks from inception ( instead of months ).
Leveraging Equinix Metal , Orange accelerates its next-generation services without the up-front CAPEX or complexities of global supply chains , while retaining full choice and control over IT infrastructure and Digital Transformation projects .
“ We are delighted to partner with Equinix to deploy Orange Telco Cloud PoPs technology on top of Equinix Metal ,” said Jean-Luc Vuillemin , Executive Vice President , International Networks at Orange .
“ By embracing an ‘ as-a-service ’ infrastructure model and focusing investment in our SDN and VNF capabilities , Orange can provide a fully flexible and elastic solution to customers , speed up the deployment of our planned 100 Telco Cloud PoPs , and quickly adapt capacity to meet demand .”
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