Cyber Threat Landscape: Insights from 23.5 Billion Attacks

Technology is accelerating faster than it ever has before, giving IT and security teams more tools to fend off cybersecurity attacks from an increasingly diverse slate of bad actors, according to Comcast Business.

However, the tactics cybercriminals are using to access systems are also growing more sophisticated by the day. Access to armies of botnets and sprawling lists of customer data are just a few clicks away on the dark web.

‘Technology is accelerating at a breakneck pace -- bringing sophisticated new tools to both attackers and defenders. And although attacker tools are evolving, social engineering continues to be the leading tactic used to breach corporate networks,’ said Noopur Davis, EVP, Chief Information Security and Product Privacy Officer, Comcast Corporation and Comcast Cable