Security News > 2023 > August > Malware Unleashed: Public Sector Hit in Sudden Surge, Reveals New Report

The just-released BlackBerry Global Threat Intelligence Report reveals a 40% increase in cyberattacks against government and public service organizations versus the previous quarter.

With limited resources and often immature cyber defense programs, these publicly funded organizations are struggling against the double-pronged threat of attacks from both nation-states and the criminal underground.

These threats included roughly 1.7 novel malware samples per minute, indicating a 13% increase from the previous reporting period's average.

The report details these challenges, exacerbated by the growing availability of commodity malware ransomware attacks, and the rise in malware targeting digital and mobile banking services.

In keeping with the report's primary goal of providing actionable and contextual cyber threat intelligence, readers will find a summary of the Top 20 techniques used by threat groups during the period, and a comparison to the previous quarter.

Appreciation goes out to our esteemed team of global researchers within the BlackBerry Threat Research and Intelligence team.

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