Publications

15 May 2025

The percentage of ICS computers on which various types of malware spread via the internet and email were blocked increased for the first time in two years.

• ICS security,
• malware,
• miners,
• phishing,
• ransomware,
• spyware,
• statistics

08 April 2025

More than 100 companies publicly reported cyberattacks. Two of them announced their insolvency after the incident. In two other cases, two ransomware gangs simultaneously claimed responsibility for the same hack.

• automotive,
• data leakage,
• denial of IT services,
• denial of operations,
• denial of production,
• denial of service,
• electronics industry,
• energy sector,
• food & beverage,
• logistics,
• manufacturing,
• metallurgy,
• mining,
• personal data leakage,
• ransomware,
• retail,
• textile,
• transportation,
• utilities

25 March 2025

Abusing of Telegram to spy and put pressure on their victims’ employees, notifying the victims by printing messages on printers connected to a compromised network – we publish interesting details of attacks on industrial enterprises disclosed at this quarter.

• APT,
• cyberespionage,
• mining,
• phishing,
• ransomware,
• spyware,
• statistics

17 March 2025

The percentage of ICS computers on which malicious objects were blocked increased in eight regions. Regionally, the percentage ranged from 10.6% in Northern Europe to 31.0% in Africa.

• biometrics,
• buildings automation,
• construction,
• malware,
• manufacturing,
• miners,
• phishing,
• ransomware,
• spyware,
• statistics

17 March 2025

The percentage of ICS computers on which malicious scripts and phishing pages as well as ransomware were blocked continued to increase.

• biometrics,
• buildings automation,
• construction,
• malware,
• manufacturing,
• miners,
• phishing,
• ransomware,
• spyware,
• statistics

19 February 2025

Many large companies, including some well-known brands, affected by cyberattacks. An unusually high number of victims were in critical sectors such as utilities and power and energy.

• automotive,
• construction,
• data leakage,
• denial of IT services,
• denial of operations,
• denial of production,
• denial of service,
• electronics industry,
• energy sector,
• food & beverage,
• logistics,
• manufacturing,
• metallurgy,
• mining,
• personal data leakage,
• ransomware,
• retail,
• textile,
• transportation,
• utilities

26 December 2024

During the quarter, a number of research papers and technical advisories were published detailing attacks that either targeted or affected organizations in the industrial sector. From our perspective, the following are likely to be the most interesting for researchers and useful for cybersecurity practitioners

• APT,
• cyberespionage,
• mining,
• phishing,
• ransomware,
• spyware,
• statistics

25 December 2024

The percentage of ICS computers on which malicious objects were blocked decreased from the second quarter to 22%. But the figure increased in Africa, South Asia, South-East Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, and East Asia. Regionally, the percentage ranged from 9.7% in Northern Europe to 31.5% in Africa.

• APT,
• biometrics,
• buildings automation,
• construction,
• malware,
• manufacturing,
• miners,
• phishing,
• ransomware,
• spyware,
• statistics

25 December 2024

The percentage of ICS computers on which malicious objects were blocked decreased by 1.5 pp from the second quarter to 22%. The biometrics sector led the surveyed industries in terms of this parameter.

• APT,
• biometrics,
• buildings automation,
• construction,
• malware,
• manufacturing,
• miners,
• phishing,
• ransomware,
• spyware,
• statistics

21 November 2024

The global percentage of ICS computers on which malicious objects were blocked decreased from Q1 2024 to 23.5%. But the figure increased in four regions. Regionally, the percentage ranged from 11.3% in Northern Europe to 30% in Africa.

• buildings automation,
• energy sector,
• ICS engineering,
• ICS integration,
• malware,
• phishing,
• ransomware,
• spyware,
• statistics