- Ransomware, cryptojacking and Internet-of-Things malware were the most prevalent forms of cyberattack in 2021.
- Despite making up a small percentage of other cybercrimes, business email compromise attacks, where hackers impersonate a colleague, cause the most financial damage of any attack type. The FBI estimated that in 2020, these attacks cost businesses $1.8 billion.
- The most common business email compromise attack takes the form of impersonation of emails from senior executives (44 percent) or the email account of an employee (23 percent).
- In 2021, healthcare saw an 121 percent increase in malware attacks, with 16.3 percent of healthcare customers being targeted in a given month.
- Cryptojacking also increased in healthcare, with a 218 percent growth in 2021.
- The healthcare industry does a good job of keeping malware out of Internet-of-Things devices, which, given their critical importance, are often kept on separate, highly secured networks.
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