Cyberattacks in India are on the rise. The Indian healthcare sector has become the ultimate target of hacking attempts.
"The simplicity of spoofing email addresses and the capability to deliver weaponized content make email a powerful tool for spreading malware, stealing credentials, and executing social engineering attacks," said Sundar Balasubramanian, MD for India and SAARC at Check Point Software Technologies.
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‘Indian healthcare sector has become a top target for hackers with 6,935 cyberattacks per week in the last 6 months. #cyberattacks #hacking #hackers’
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How to Stay Safe from Hackers?
"Check Point urges users to avoid opening unverified email attachments, use strong passwords, enable multi-factor authentication, and exercise caution with unsolicited or suspicious emails," he added.Advertisement
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Sectors Most Vulnerable to Cyberattacks
Following healthcare, the most attacked industries in India include education/research (6,244 attacks), consulting (3,989 attacks), and government/military (3,618 attacks), the report mentioned. The report also highlighted that Indian organizations, on average, were targeted 2,924 times per week over the past six months, compared to 1,401 attacks per organization globally.Advertisement
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Malware: A Major Cyber Threat in India
The most prevalent malware in India was ’FakeUpdates’, accompanied by other malicious software such as ’botnets’ and a Remote Access Trojan (RAT) named ‘Remcos’. Information disclosure was the most commonly exploited vulnerability in India, affecting 72 percent of organizations, followed by Remote Code Execution impacting 62 percent, and Authentication Bypass affecting 52 percent.In the last 30 days, 63 percent of malicious files in India were delivered via email, while 37 percent were delivered through the web. Notably, 58 percent of the top malicious files delivered via email were executable files, while 59 percent of malicious files delivered via the web were PDF files, the report said.
Rise In Cyber Attacks In Healthcare Industry For Higher Returns :Raytheon-Websense Report
The rapid digitization of the healthcare industry combined with the value of the data at hand, has lead to a massive increase in the number of targeted attacks.
The rapid digitization of the healthcare industry combined with the value of the data at hand, has lead to a massive increase in the number of targeted attacks.
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Source-IANS
