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Positive Technologies cybersecurity experts have summarized their findings of the last quarter of 2019 in the report Cybersecurity Threatscape Q4 (insert link). They found that the number of cyber attacks increased by 12 percent in comparison to the previous quarter, and that payment card information comprised almost a third (32 percent) of all data stolen from organizations. The report indicates that the number of targeted attacks increased by two percentage points versus the previous quarter, and now makes up 67 percent of all attacks.

Positive Technologies experts have analysed network activity of large companies (with over 1000 employees) in the key economic areas of Eastern European countries. Advanced network traffic analysis revealed suspicious activity in 97 percent of companies, and malware activity in 81 percent of companies.

An error in chipset read-only memory (ROM) could allow attackers to compromise platform encryption keys and steal sensitive information.

Positive Technologies has released its report Web Application Vulnerabilities and Threats: Statistics for 2019, which found that 9 times out of 10, hackers can attack site visitors. Experts also found that 16 percent of applications contain vulnerabilities that allow attackers to take full control of the system, and on 8 percent of systems, full control of the web application server allowed attacking the local network. With full access to the web server, hackers can also place their own content on the attacked site (deface it) or even attack site visitors - for example, by infecting their computers with malware.

The experts at Positive Technologies have released their cybersecurity threatscape findings for the third quarter of 2019. The main trends highlighted in the report include an increase in the number of unique cyber incidents, a large amount of activity by APT groups engaged in targeted attacks, and a two-to-one greater incidence of data theft in comparison to direct financial gain as an attack motive.