Healthcare industry most targeted by cyber attacks

A new report into cyber security trends shows healthcare to be the most frequently targeted industry, with 164 threats detected per 1,000 host devices. Next most targeted are education and media, which had 145 and 123 detections per 1,000 host devices, respectively. By comparison, the food and beverage industry came in as the least targeted industry with just 17 detections per 1,000 hosts. The study from Vectra Networks revealed at this week's Infosecurity Europe event also reveals that attack rates are increasing with the average number of reconnaissance, lateral movement and exfiltration detections all up by more than 265 percent.… [Continue Reading]