Secure environment (IoT)

Kaspersky solutions blocked 1,416,295,227 attacks launched from online resources across the globe. Ransomware attacks were defeated on the computers of 121,579 unique users.

If Q2 2020 surprised us with an unusually high number of DDoS attacks for this period, the Q3 figures point to a normalization. Judging by the number of unique targets, in comparison with last quarter, cybercriminals were more attracted by European, and less by the Asian countries.

Now, this unique year presents us with a new surprise: the second SAS in one calendar year! Once again, everyone can visit this online event.

Let’s talk about the structure of the firmware of an IoT device in order to get a better understanding of the different components.

During the second quarter Kaspersky solutions blocked 899,744,810 attacks launched from online resources across the globe, as many as 286,229,445 unique URLs triggered Web Anti-Virus components.

Kaspersky solutions blocked 726,536,269 attacks launched from online resources across the globe, a total of 442,039,230 unique URLs were recognized as malicious.

Since the beginning of 2020, due to the COVID-2019 pandemic, life has shifted almost entirely to the Web. This is reflected in the goals of recent DDoS attacks, with the most targeted resources in Q1 being websites of medical organizations, delivery services, and gaming and educational platforms.

In the last quarter of the year, the number of both attacks and C&C servers fell sharply, while the number of extra-long attacks (over 400 hours) was the highest ever recorded in the history of our observations.

More than two years after the infamous Wannacry ransomware crippled medical facilities and other organizations worldwide, the healthcare sector seems to be learning its lesson, as the number of attacked medical devices in 2019 decreased globally.

With the dramatic increase in the amount and transfer speed of connected devices, comes natural expansion and amplification of the threats. The evolution, development, and connectivity of numerous systems within 5G opens the door for numerous threats.

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The security concerns of 5G are inescapable. It is an evolving and developing technology built on top of the previous infrastructure, from which it will inevitably inherit vulnerabilities and misconfigurations.

Statistically, Q3 2019 differs little from Q2. In terms of geographical distribution of attacks and targets, we saw a continuation of the now familiar trend of unexpected guests appearing, only to drop out the next quarter.

Since 2008, cyber-criminals have been creating malware to attack IoT-devices. How do we deal with that? The best option for tracking attacks, catching malware and getting an overview of attacks in this area is to use honeypots.

Kaspersky and the research team at the University of Ghent looked deeper into how the wide use of so-called “social robots” in the future could affect humans’ private lives, their social behavior and what the cyber security takeaways from this impact are.