As the most targeted region in the world by ransomware and state-sponsored advanced persistent threat (APT) groups, the Asia Pacific region (APAC) experienced a 168% increase in cyberattacks between May 2020 to May 2021. In addition to this staggering year-on-year increase, APAC saw an overall 53% increase in cyberattacks from April to May of 2021 alone, with Japan (40%), Singapore (30%), and Indonesia (25%) leading the pack in sharpest increases.
*** This is a Security Bloggers Network syndicated blog from IronNet Blog authored by Morgan Demboski. Read the original post at: https://www.ironnet.com/blog/apacs-vulnerability-to-cyber-attacks
