Trend Micro Incorporated, a global cybersecurity solutions firm, today released its 2019 security roundup report. Ransomware continued to be a mainstay cyber threat last year. Overall, Trend Micro discovered a 10% increase in ransomware detections, despite a 57% decrease in the number of new ransomware families. The healthcare sector remained the most targeted industry, with more than 700 providers affected in 2019. In the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), malware attacks were one of the biggest cyber threats. Trend Micro detected a total of 5,544,299 malware attacks in GCC, making the region the fifth most-hit by malware in Asia, and 14th in the world. Top GCC countries that endured the most attacks were Saudi Arabia (2,352,570) and the UAE (1,980,718).
Source: AME Info