Study: Transportation hit the hardest by cyberattacks
Three industries were targeted the most by cyberattacks— transportation, where state-sponsored threat actors seek to disrupt the logistical and supply capability of rivals, and banking and legal, which are industries rich with sensitive information.
Mimecast Ltd., Lexington, Mass., released its quarterly report, “Threat Intelligence Report: Risk and Resilience Insights,” which provides technical analysis and observations of evolving threats from the Mimecast Threat Center from July to September.
The Mimecast Threat Intelligence Report includes analysis of 207 billion emails processed by Mimecast, 99 billion of which were rejected. This research looks through the lens of spam, impersonation, opportunistic and targeted. This quarter’s report found that impersonation attacks are on this rise, accounting for 26% of total detections, and now includes voice phishing or “vishing,” where threat actors use social engineering to gain access to personal and financial information via the victim’s telephone system.