The report explores changes in the threat landscape over the past year, uncovering trends and how they are expected to impact cybersecurity in 2019.

Research has found enterprises identify 870 unique vulnerabilities on internal systems every day, on average, with over 100 of them being critical.

Overall, between July and September, DDoS botnets attacked targets in 82 countries.

Webroot has highlighted the top cyberattacks of 2018 in its latest Nastiest Malware list, which showcases the malware and attack payloads that have been most detrimental to organisations.

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner has been notified of 245 data breaches affecting personal information between July and September 2018.

A Carbon Black threat report has revealed that destructive cyberattacks are increasing ahead of 2018 US midterm elections.

The report, commissioned by Barracuda Networks, includes data from more than 900 respondents in the Americas, EMEA, and APAC.

Half a year on from the introduction of Australia’s Notifiable Data Breaches (NDB) scheme (February 2018), many Australian SMBs are still not adequately prepared.

“Increasingly, we see criminal groups are also using the techniques and tradecraft that were typically the domain of nation states to break into companies.”

These and other findings paint a bleak picture of how many organisations approach IAM and PAM programs.

This report also highlights the importance of implementing a robust and evolving security approach to protect valuable data and keep systems secure.

A number of the available servers investigated by Flashpoint led analysts to conclude that most of the breaches are from either US, Russian, or German hosting services. 

“Financial organisations regularly handle sensitive, regulated data like home addresses, bank statements and Social Security numbers.”

“Passwords continue to be a challenge to cybersecurity in the workplace, and attacks continue to grow in number and complexity every year.”

Earlier this year, Gemalto appointed Tech Data as a distributor for its portfolio of SafeNet identity and data protection solutions in New Zealand.

Individual contributors and lower level management account for nearly two thirds (60%) of highly targeted attacks within an organisation.

Research found a 35% increase DDoS attacks using public cloud server-based botnets from the previous 12 months.

The combined consumer and enterprise WLAN market segments rose 1.9% year over year in the second quarter of 2018.

For every 50 emails inspected by email security solutions, there is one unstopped malicious link.

Crypto-jacking attempts are making the biggest impact so far this year.

Companies realise they need to improve the way they manage security and policy, and they also realise that automating workflows and processes is key.

"The demand for digital skills in our economy is exploding."

40% of APJ business executives surveyed admitted to selling consumer data.

“Now that the ZTE ban has been lifted, we think optical revenue from China will increase substantially in the second half of the year.”