• At least 12.6% of an organisation's annual revenues were at risk to cyber threats
• Sensors detected 125% attack hours – 10 attack hours in an 8-hour workday
• Businesses endured on average 1,104 hours of critical attacks during a span of 880 working hours; protected from a potential of 46 days of downtime
• Malware trended up 30% YoY, including a massive 92% spike in May alone
• Ransomware intensifies in North America (+15%) and explodes in LATAM (+51%)
• In Asia-Pacific and Japan (APJ), YoY comparison saw malware attacks and IoT attacks increased by 6% and 72% respectively, while cryptojacking decreased by 28%
• IoT attacks (+107%) and encrypted threats (+92%) continue to climb globally
• 83% of customer-received alerts seen by our managed services team are related to cloud apps and compromised credentials
• SonicWall identified 78,923 'never-before-seen' malware variants – 526 a day

SINGAPORE - Media OutReach Newswire - 29 July 2024 - SonicWall today released the 2024 SonicWall Mid-Year Cyber Threat Report, researched and compiled by SonicWall Capture Labs, which unveils yet another rise in overall attacks, after seeing an 11% increase observed in 2023.

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