Trend Micro presents the annual threat report: Italy continues to be among the countries most affected by cybercriminals in the world and records more attacks than the previous year
Cyber attacks give no respite to Italy, which in 2021 is the fourth country in the world and the first in Europe most affected by malware. In 2020, Italy was seventh in the world ranking of the nations most affected by malware and in 2021 it advances three positions, entering the world top 5 and gaining the continental record. The data emerges from "Navigating New Frontiers", the Trend Micro Research report on the cyber threats that have hit over the past year (AVAILABLE FULLY HERE). Globally, 2021 was marked by attacks on infrastructure and systems for remote work, with misconfigured cloud systems in the center of the crosshairs. The ransomware-as-a-service offerings have opened the market to attackers with limited technical knowledge, and have also given rise to greater specializations, such as expert access brokers for example, which have become a fundamental piece of the criminal underground. Finally, 2021 was a record year for new vulnerabilities, although Trend Micro research showed that a quarter of the vulnerabilities sold in the cybercriminal market were over three years old. Italy: what happened in 2021 • Malware - The total number of malware intercepted in Italy in 2021 was 62,371,693. In 2020 there were 22,640,386. Italy thus passes from the seventh to the fourth position of the most affected countries in the world and is first in Europe. On the podium we find the United States, Japan and India • Macro Malware - Italy is the most affected country in Europe, seventh in the world, with 6,861 attacks received • Ransomware - Italy is the fourth most affected country in Europe, preceded by Germany, France and the UK. Worldwide it is twelfth • The email threats that hit Italy in 2021 were 336,431,403 • The visits to malicious sites were 18,683,844. The malicious sites hosted in Italy and blocked were 269,383 Malicious apps - The number of malicious apps downloaded in 2021 is 51,103 • Online Banking - 3,478 unique online banking malware was intercepted Worldwide, Trend Micro blocked a total of 94,289,585,240 threats in 2021, a 42% increase over the previous year. About 70 billion threats arrived via email.
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