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Announcing the release of the August Symantec Intelligence Report, which is publically available and |
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So far this year crypto-style ransomware has seen a 700 percent-plus increase. These file-encrypting versions of ransomware began the year comprising 1.2 percent of all ransomware detections, but now make up 31 percent at the end of August. Over 31.5 million identities were reported exposed in August, from 12 incidents. The jump in exposed identities is due to a large breach in South Korea, comprising 27 million identities. One in 1,587 emails was identified as a phishing attempt, compared with one in 1,298 for July and one in 496 in June. While at first glance this looks like a big drop, it is not indicative of a wider trend just yet, resulting in only a 0.01 percentage point decrease in the overall phishing rate. |
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