From Supply Chain to Email, Mobile and the Cloud, No Environment is Immune to Cyber Attacks

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From Supply Chain to Email, Mobile and the Cloud, No Environment is Immune to Cyber Attacks
July 25, 2019
https://www.checkpoint.com/press/20...ud-no-environment-is-immune-to-cyber-attacks/

Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP), a leading provider of cyber-security solutions globally, today released its “Cyber Attack Trends: 2019 Mid-Year Report”, revealing that no environment is immune to cyber-attacks. Threat actors continue to develop new tool sets and techniques, targeting corporate assets stored on cloud infrastructure, individuals’ mobile devices, trusted third-party supplier applications and even popular mail platforms:

“Be it cloud, mobile or email, no environment is immune to cyber attacks. In addition, threats such as targeted Ransomware attacks, DNS attacks and Cryptominers will continue to be relevant in 2019, and security experts need to stay attuned to the latest threats and attack methods to provide their organizations with the best level of protection,” said Maya Horowitz, Director, Threat Intelligence & Research, Products at Check Point.

The “Cyber Attack Trends: Annual Report 2019 1H” gives a detailed overview of the cyber-threat landscape. These findings are based on data drawn from Check Point’s ThreatCloud intelligence between January and June 2019, highlighting the key tactics cyber-criminals are using to attack businesses.
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Cyber Attack Trends: 2019 Mid-Year Report - Check Point Research
(PDF - 3.07 MB): https://www.checkpoint.com/downloads/resources/cyber-attack-trends-mid-year-report-2019.pdf

SOFTWARE SUPPLY CHAIN ATTACKS ON THE RISE
Growing cyber security awareness and the increasing use of security solutions have made cyber attack
attempts more challenging and have pushed motivated threat actors to extend their attacks to new vectors.
EMAIL SCAMS GEAR UP
But with the growing attention of security vendors and the public awareness for email attacks, threat actors have introduced improved phishing tactics aimed at establishing credibility among victims, as well as advanced evasion techniques to bypass mail security solutions.
ATTACKS AGAINST CLOUD ENVIRONMENTS
The growing popularity of public cloud environments has led to an increase of cyber attacks targeting
resources and sensitive data residing within these platforms. [...]
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