New Delhi: A Check Point report on Friday said that every organization in India faced an average of 2,108 weekly attacks in the first quarter of 2023, which is almost 18 per cent higher than the year-ago period. The report states that cyber criminals are misusing legitimate tools like ChatGPT for code generation, which can help less skilled threat actors to easily launch cyber attacks, 3CXDesktop app for supply chain attacks, etc. Can trojanize.
“During the first quarter of 2023, the average weekly attacks in India increased by 18 percent compared to the same period in 2022, with each organization facing an average of 2,108 weekly attacks per organization,” the report said.
Global weekly attacks during the reported quarter increased 7 percent compared to the same quarter last year, with each organization experiencing an average of 1,248 attacks per week. Globally, the education and research sector suffered the most attacks, rising to an average of 2,507 attacks per week per week, a 15 per cent increase compared to the March 2022 quarter, the report said.
“The APAC region saw the largest increase in weekly attacks, with an average of 1,835 attacks per organization, a 16 percent increase, with 1 in 31 organizations worldwide experiencing a weekly ransomware attack,” the report said. Have done.”