Security News > 2021 > June > Top threats to consumer cyber safety

Norton Labs revealed the top cybersecurity trends from January to March 2021.

Phishing campaigns remained the number one threat to consumer cyber safety, with top scams relating to the pandemic, including vaccine-oriented, financial relief, and tech support scams.

Between January 2021 and March 2021, 49.6 million phishing attempts, 46.3 million file-based malware, 686,000 mobile-malware files and 536,137 ransomware detections were reported.

Cryptocurrency popularity driving spikes in illicit coinmining and ransomware.

Cybercriminals are taking advantage of the price trend and increasingly spreading coinminer malware that exploits consumers' computer resources for illicit mining activities - victims could see a spike in their electric bills as a result.

In addition to phishing campaigns, "Trojanized" crack campaigns are an increasing threat targeting the gaming community.

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