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Ransom is the #1 motivation behind cyber attacks

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A new report from cyber security and application delivery company Radware reveals that almost half of businesses (49 percent) say they’ve been the subject of a cyber-ransom campaign in 2016. Ransom was the top motivation behind cyber-attacks they had experienced according to 41 percent, followed by insider threats (27 percent), political hacktivism (26 percent), and competition (26 percent). In addition 55 percent say that IoT complicates their detection or mitigation requirements as it increases the surface of the attack landscape. While massive DDoS attacks made headlines in 2016, Radware's research shows that attacks of more than 50 Gbps made up… [Continue Reading]

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