Security News > 2020 > July > Ransomware accounts for a third of all cyberattacks against organizations
A report released Wednesday by security provider Positive Technologies discusses the trends of ransomware attacks during the first quarter of 2020.
For its "Cybersecurity Threatscape Report for Q1 2020," Positive Technologies found that more than a third of malware-based cyberattacks during the quarter were ransomware attacks.
As one example cited by Positive Technologies, the British company Finastra was victimized by ransomware in March because it was still running unpatched and unsecure versions of Citrix ADC and the Pulse Secure VPN. As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, some criminal groups promised not to attack hospitals and healthcare facilities with ransomware.
To protect your organization and employees against ransomware and other forms of malware, Positive Technologies offers a few words of advice.
"Web application firewalls can block potential attacks against web applications on the network perimeter, including attacks against remote access systems, such as Citrix Gateway," the report said.