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ISLAMABAD (News Desk) Kaspersky report on Cyber ​​Security Landscape for Industrial Control Systems (ICS) in the second quarter of 2024 revealed a 20% increase in ransomware attacks compared to the previous quarter The report highlights the growing threat to critical infrastructure sectors around the world, with cyber espionage and ransomware attacks posing the most significant threats.
Statistics from Kaspersky Security Network show that 23.5 percent of industrial control computers globally were vulnerable to cyber threats in the second quarter of 2018. These systems were the most attacked in Africa, with 30 percent of computers being attack, compared to 27.2 percent in Pakistan Cyber-attack activity increased for financial gain, with ransomware infecting computers of industrial control systems The percentage increased 1.2 times compared to the previous quarter. The Kaspersky report also highlights the continued exposure to spyware, including phishing scripts and pages, as well as backdoors, keyloggers and Trojans, which are often used to enable further attacks such as data theft and ransomware. Evgeny Goncharov, Head of Kaspersky’s ICS Cyber ​​Crisis Response Team, says, ‘
“Our results show that the overall number of attacks on operational technology (OT) computers is slightly lower, but the increase in spyware and ransomware attacks is alarming.” “High-impact malware such as ransomware can disrupt critical operations in any industry. Phishing and spyware pages are often used to steal corporate data
And they are either used for further propagation into the target infrastructure or sold on the dark web market for future reuse by ransomware gangs, hacktivists and APT groups. Protecting the operational technology infrastructure from these threats puts operations and businesses at greater risk of a catastrophic event.
The building automation sector was most affected in the second quarter, with more than 28 percent of systems attacked. The energy sectors (26.3%), oil and gas (22.5%), engineering and ICS integration (23.4%) and the manufacturing sector (11.7%) experts suggest that the main systems Carry out security audits and regular security reviews and apply fixes and security patches or implement mitigations as soon as technically possible. Support can also be obtained from Kaspersky’s flagship ICS Threat Intelligence Reporting solution.
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