478 new cyber threats every minute in 2017: Report
Posted On: Mar. 13, 2018 5:59 AM CSTA report by U.S.-based cyber security firm McAfee L.L.C. found that businesses were hit with an unprecedented number of cyber attacks in 2017, with eight new cyber threats a second, Computerweekly.com reported. Cyber attacks against the healthcare sector grew 210% across the world in 2017 due to organizational failures to comply with security best practices or address known vulnerabilities in medical software Cyber attacks targeting the education sector grew 125%, while the finance sector experienced a 16% rise in attacks.