Average prices of cybercrime services for sale. Attackers for hire start at $250 USD per job. Ransomware kits are $66 USD or 30% of the profit. Compromised devices start at 13 cents per PC and 82 cents per mobile device. Spear phishing for hire ranges from $100 to $1,000 USD. Stolen username and password pairs begin at 97 cents per 1000 on average.
The most targeted countries between July 2020 and June 2021 were the United States (46%), Ukraine (19%), and the United Kingdom (9%).
The most targeted sectors between July 2020 and June 2021 were Government (48%) and NGOs and Think Tanks (31%).
The most active nation state activity groups between July 2020 and June 2021 were NOBELIUM (59%), THALLIUM (16%), and PHOSPHORUS (9%).
There was a sharp decline in Microsoft employees scanning their badges for building entry in March of 2020, from around 100,000 per day to less than 10,000. The number is gradually increasing again as Microsoft moves to a hybrid work environment.
Protect against 98% of attacks by utilizing antimalware, applying least privilege access, enabling multifactor authentication, keeping versions up to date, and protecting data. The remaining 2% of the bell curve includes outlier attacks.