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Barracuda threat report reveals spike in ransomware to more than 1.2 million per month
Barracuda , a trusted partner and leading provider of cloudfirst security solutions , has released its Fourth-Annual Threat Research Report on Ransomware .
The new report looks at ransomware attack patterns that occurred between August 2021 and July 2022 . For the 106 highly publicized attacks Barracuda researchers analyzed , the dominant targets are still five key industries : education ( 15 %), municipalities ( 12 %), healthcare ( 12 %), infrastructure ( 8 %) and financial ( 6 %):
• The number of ransomware attacks increased year-overyear across each of these five industry verticals and attacks against other industries more than doubled compared to last year ’ s report .
• While attacks on municipalities increased only slightly , Barracuda analysis over the past 12 months showed that ransomware attacks on educational institutions more than doubled and attacks on the healthcare and financial verticals tripled .
• This year , Barracuda researchers dug in deeper on these highly publicized attacks to see which other industries are starting to be targeted . Service providers were hit the most and ransomware attacks on automobile , hospitality , media , retail , software and technology organizations all increased as well .
Many victims choose not to disclose when they get hit and the attacks are often sophisticated and extremely hard to handle for small businesses .
The report details three examples that researchers have seen through Barracuda SOC-as-a-Service , the anatomy of each attack and the solutions that can help stop these attacks .
Sonatype collaborates with Red Hat to deliver visibility to modern software factories
Sonatype , a pioneer of software supply chain management , has announced that Sonatype ’ s Nexus Lifecycle is better positioned to leverage its Red Hat OpenShift Operator Certification , to help provide intelligent insight into the open-source components Red Hat OpenShift customers are using .
Sonatype ’ s Nexus Lifecycle combined with Red Hat OpenShift , creates an automated process that encourages component integrity
and provides enhanced security features by developing a Software Bill of Materials ( SBOM ) that is license-compliant and highlights open-source vulnerabilities .
The certification will help enable Red Hat OpenShift customers to more easily and efficiently design an SBOM – helping enterprises mitigate risk across their software development lifecycle .
“ We are pleased that Sonatype ’ s Nexus Lifecycle Red Hat OpenShift Operator Certification is now positioned to further extend choice and flexibility for customers on the industry ’ s leading enterprise Kubernetes platform ,” said Mark Longwell , Director , Partner Alliances , Hybrid Platforms , Red Hat .
“ IT Security continues to be a top priority for organizations and with this enhanced certification , Sonatype helps provide Red Hat OpenShift customers greater insight into the development and security of their software .”
With Sonatype as a Red Hat OpenShift Certified Operator , customers gain easier access to deploy Sonatype Nexus Lifecycle in one click via the Operator catalogue section on Red Hat OpenShift .
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