Security News > 2021 > April > Cybersecurity threats and cybercrime trends of 2020

Bitdefender released a report revealing top cybersecurity threats, frequency of threats and cybercrime trends of 2020.

"Our 2020 findings depict consumers under constant assault from cybercriminals looking to capitalize on fear and societal uncertainty accompanying the global pandemic," said Bogdan Botezatu, director of threat research and reporting at Bitdefender.

Ransomware attacks soar worldwide - Overall, ransomware attacks grew an astounding 485% in 2020 when compared to 2019.

Attacks in the first and second quarter of 2020 accounted for 64% of all attacks or 19% higher than the first two quarters of 2019.

Banker at 7%. Network-attached storage devices led in number of vulnerabilities - The number of vulnerabilities found in NAS devices increased by 198% YoY from 2019 to 2020.

While NAS devices may not be amongst the most prevalent devices in homes, they potentially pack the most number of unpatched vulnerabilities.

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