Zimperium has published the "Global Mobile Threat Report 2024". The security report identifies a significant increase in "mishing" threats (mobile targeted phishing), which use various tactics to exploit user errors and vulnerabilities in mobile devices.

Industrial companies worldwide continue to be a popular target for cyber criminals, as the latest analysis by Kaspersky ICS CERT for the second quarter of this year shows.

ESET has carried out an analysis of the activities of the Russian hacker group Gamaredon, which currently poses the greatest threat to Ukraine in cyberspace. In the course of the research, it was also discovered that NATO countries such as Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland have been attacked - albeit unsuccessfully.

Zimperium has published new findings on a security-critical malware campaign that combines features of two malicious programs. Zimperium researchers' research shows that both Gigabud and Spynote samples are currently being distributed via domains with similar structures and subdomains.

Sophos publishes the results of the report "The State of Ransomware in Healthcare 2024". The study shows that internationally, the number of ransomware attacks on healthcare organizations has reached a four-year high since 2021. Of the organizations surveyed, 67 percent were affected by ransomware attacks in the past year.

Thales publishes the report "Economic Impact of API and Bot Attacks". Analysis of cybersecurity incidents reveals the rising global cost of insecure APIs and automated bot abuse, two security threats that are increasingly interconnected and widespread.

In the increasingly digitalized industrial landscape, the challenges in cybersecurity have grown considerably in recent years. The increase in targeted cyberattacks on operational technology (OT), i.e. control systems, devices and components in production facilities, is particularly worrying. OT and IT must work closely together to ensure effective cybersecurity.

CIOs and CISOs are coming under pressure from various directions. Mark Molyneux, EMEA CTO at Cohesity, provides recommendations in a guide on how companies can meet the following challenges.