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Cyberthreat landscape study 2023 : Outpost24 ’ s honeypot findings from over 42 million attacks
T he Outpost24 research team have released the results of attack data gathered from a network of honeypots deployed to gather actionable threat intelligence . on production systems , like blocking known attack IPs , specific network traffic and geolocations , as well as understanding how hackers operate within a network and prevent their strategies .
In total , 42 million attacks were registered between January 1 and September 30 2022 , with 20 honeypots evenly distributed around the world .
A detailed research report uncovered the following key attack findings :
The Outpost24 research found that the most attack attempts registered against its honeypots came from IP addresses in Russia , the US and China . The research report also provides analysis of the captured data , including the credentials used in brute force attacks , targeted protocols and explanations about the types of honeypots .
• Brute force attacks were the most repeated attack type with 73,860 total number of attacking IPs .
• Default credentials ( username : root , password : root ) were counted over 5.5 million times in brute force attempts .
• Port 445 and 22 were the most targeted ports , this corresponds to Windows and Linux remote administration services .
A honeypot is a decoy system ( computer , network , or software ) that imitates a real system to attract malicious users and collect information about how they operate . The collected information allows administrators to develop the right defences
Delinea report reveals attacks are down 61 % from previous year and ransom payments are also on the decline
elinea , a leading provider of Privileged Access
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Management ( PAM ) solutions for seamless security , has published its 2022 State of Ransomware Report , which finds that things may be looking up in the fight against ransomware .
Cyberattacks using the popular compromising tactic have declined significantly over the past 12 months compared to the previous year and fewer companies are paying ransoms . Still , there are red flags in the annual report related to spending , planning and using cybersecurity tools available to combat ransomware .
The survey of 300 US-based IT decision-makers , conducted on Delinea ’ s behalf by Censuswide , found that only 25 % of organisations were victims of ransomware attacks over the past 12 months , a stunning 61 % decline from the previous 12-month period when 64 % of organisations reported being victims .
Furthermore , the number of victimised companies who paid the ransom declined from 82 % to 68 %, which could be a sign that warnings and recommendations to not pay ransoms are being heeded . Larger companies are much more likely to be victims of ransomware , as 56 % of companies with 100 or more employees said they were victims of ransomware attacks .
Along with these positive results , the survey also raised concerns that a potentially reduced threat could lead to complacency . Budget allocations for ransomware are in decline , as only 68 % of those surveyed said they are currently allocated budget to protect against ransomware versus 93 % during the prior year .
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