Security News > 2022 > March > Sharp rise in SMB cyberattacks by Russia and China

The findings of the report take into account security events occurring across more than 120,000 user accounts during the period of January 1st to December 31st, 2021 and shows that the vast majority of attacks on top SaaS platforms such as Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Slack and Dropbox are originating from the countries of Russia and China.

Over the last several weeks, there has been a sharp rise in activity from countries with consistently high levels of both attempted and successful attacks originating within their borders - Russia and China.

Per analysis available, attack trend lines that compare Russia and China show almost the exact same pattern.

According to the Brookings Institute, "The U.S. National Security Strategy declares Russia and China the two top threats to U.S. national security. At the best of times, U.S.-Russia ties are a mixture of cooperation and competition, but today they are largely adversarial Russia's increasingly close relationship with China represents an ongoing challenge for the United States. While there is little that Washington can do to draw Moscow away from Beijing, it should not pursue policies that drive the two countries closer together, such as the trade war with China and rafts of sanctions against Russia."

SaaS security events analysis On average, there are approximately 10,000 brute force attacks per day against the user accounts.

SaaS integration: Indicates that account credentials have been used to connect to a third-party application which may lead to data and other account information sharing between SaaS Apps.

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