The survey said in 2022, cybercriminals targeted critical infrastructure with ransomware attacks and they also continued to find new ways to exploit the cryptocurrency boom, hybrid working, and, more recently, unsecured APIs.
There is already a general understanding on the need for cybersecurity across all industries, Fortinet regional business development manager C.P. Wong said in an exclusive interview with Newsbytes.PH at the CXO Innovation Summit hosted by VST ECS in Boracay island, Aklan.
In 2019, ransomware attacks were already a prominent and persistent threat for organizations across several industries. Although the pandemic lockdowns in 2020 initially affected the volume of activities carried out by ransomware criminals, attributed mainly to restrictions in mobility and access to resources, these malicious actors quickly bounced back and even breached pre-pandemic levels in 2021.
These types of mobile malware get into computers through infected attachments, manipulated text messages or fake websites and can read passwords, record keyboard strokes or take the entire computer hostage.
Despite the public being constantly warned over the years, many hapless Filipinos continue to be duped by fake and phishing websites and other online scams that proliferate in the Internet.
Kaspersky recorded 77,092 phishing incidents in Q2 among its e-shop customers in the country from only 15,119 in Q1. This reveals a 409% surge in phishing attempts from April to June this year.
