This is the conclusion reached by analysts from the Solar Group of Companies. According to Solar Group of Companies, companies from the retail sector (37%), the financial sector (20%) and the gaming industry (10%) most often encounter information leaks. "The total volume of published data is 91.8 TB. Even the loss of 5% of confidential data from leaks is enough for a company to lose its leading position in the market. Reputational losses are unpredictable and are closely related to financial ones, as they have a direct impact on the reduction of income due to the negative perception of the company. According to experts from Solar Group of Companies, more than 55% of funds for eliminating the consequences of such incidents in organizations are spent armenia whatsapp resource specifically on solving problems related to reputational losses," the company reported.
Senior information security analyst at the Positive Technologies research group Fyodor Chunizhekov confirmed to ComNews that the number of leaks in Russia and the world is growing, with leaks of confidential information being one of the main threats. "We recorded 1,607 cases of successful cyberattacks in the world in the first half of 2023, and 59% of these incidents resulted in leaks of confidential information, while in the same period last year, 1,416 incidents were recorded, 42% of which involved leaks of confidential information," said Fyodor Chunizhekov.
According to him, in the first half of the year, the most vulnerable to confidential information leaks were organizations from the service sector - in 86% of incidents from this industry, confidential information leaks were detected. The service sector is followed by retail - leaks were noted in 84% of successful attacks. Third and fourth places were taken by IT companies (81%) and medical institutions (74%), and online services (70%) rounded out the top five.
Angara Security believes that retail, the financial sector, gambling and other mass services are more often than other industries in the spotlight due to personal data leaks due to the high level of digitalization - the presence of mobile applications and desktop versions of web resources that accumulate millions of accounts.
"The findings of the Solar study largely coincide with the results of a survey of more than 50 CISO retailers and e-commerce businesses, which Angara Security conducted in the summer of 2023. Over 70% of specialists noted that they had encountered DDoS attacks on web resources over the past year, as well as a change in the nature of the attacks. They are becoming "fan-shaped", hacktivists use VPS, proxy, VPN and vulnerabilities in subscriber equipment. The targets are http and https resources and open TCP ports, which are scanned in advance before the attack," the press service of Angara Security told ComNews.
According to the company, currently up to 83% of web application traffic consists of API calls, while experts predict that the number of attacks via API applications will double next year. "In this case, bonus accounts in loyalty programs, payment data on online platforms, and in mobile marketplace applications are at risk," the press service of Angara Security emphasized.