Comcast Business Research Shows Cybersecurity Remains a Persistent, Complex Problem for SMBs
20 Outubro 2022 - 11:00AM
Business Wire
Comcast Business SecurityEdge™ blocks up to 70
million instances of malicious bot activity and 30 million phishing
attempts a day
Comcast Business today released its first annual Comcast
Business Small Business Cybersecurity Report offering a window into
the cybersecurity threats small and medium-sized business (SMB)
customers face daily. The report found that up to 65% of Comcast
Business SecurityEdge™ customers experienced blocked attacks from
July 2021 to June 2022, with up to 55% experiencing a botnet attack
and nearly 50% experiencing malware and phishing attacks.
The report – which analyzed anonymized threat data gathered from
Comcast Business SecurityEdge as well as security insights from its
partner Akamai – found that malware, botnet, and phishing attacks
are among the most common internet threats SMBs have experienced
over the last year. From July 2021 to June 2022, Comcast Business
SecurityEdge helped protect SMBs from more than 70 million
instances of malicious bot activity; 30 million phishing attempts;
and 21 million attempts to access malware websites in a single
day.
“Attackers don’t just target large enterprises. Recent reporting
shows companies with less than 100 employees are three times more
likely to be the target of a cyberattack – yet, often lack
sufficient cybersecurity measures and resources to manage their
risk,” said Shena Seneca Tharnish, Vice President, Cybersecurity
Products, Comcast Business. “Fortunately, through education and by
implementing tools like anti-virus programs, firewalls and network
security solutions, SMBs can help protect their employees, and
customers from the ever-changing array of cybersecurity
threats.”
The 2022 Comcast Business Small Business Cybersecurity Report
also found that:
- Bots were busy: Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS)
botnet attacks target critical computing resources and websites to
shut them down or disrupt service. Akamai researchers found and
blocked large-scale botnets that use new features to hide malicious
activities such as phishing, web proxying, malware delivery and
selling stolen credentials and hacked credit card numbers.
- Financial and high-tech brands were the most targeted by
phishing scams: Internet traffic shows that these industries
were the most targeted, at 41% and 36%, respectively. A wide range
of phishing campaigns enabling ransomware, offering fake prizes,
demanding unnecessary payments, stealing credentials and more were
identified and blocked.
- There was a myriad of malware activity: Hackers have a
myriad of tricks to load malicious software from websites. Malware
activity blocked by Comcast Business SecurityEdge was highly
variable and diverse – including attempts to steal and secretly
mine cryptocurrency, gather private information from computers, and
enabling malware to continue to spread.
The cost of cyberattacks can be high for small businesses.
Comcast Business SecurityEdge can help businesses stay connected
and protected by working seamlessly in the background to block
threats like malware, ransomware, phishing, and botnet attacks
across all connected devices. It helps ensure employee and guest
devices are secure when connected to the network, while
automatically scanning and refreshing every 10 minutes to identify
new risks.
“Cybercriminals are always looking for ways to target and
disrupt businesses. Unfortunately, small and mid-size organizations
are especially vulnerable because they may lack the security
resources and expertise to combat these threats,” said Jonathan
Morgan, Vice President of Network Security Product Management at
Akamai. “Comcast has led with their innovative SecurityEdge service
that makes it simple for SMBs to get foundational protections that
are effortless to use. We’re proud to be their partner with our
Secure Internet Access services that protect businesses of all
sizes, and families, everywhere in the world.”
“My small business doesn’t have the luxury of a dedicated IT
department. With Comcast Business SecurityEdge, I can rely on
Comcast Business to help protect my network and connected devices,
said James Rice, CEO at Fiction Tribe. “In turn, I can spend time
growing my business and not worrying about online threats.”
For additional information about Comcast Business SecurityEdge,
please visit:
https://business.comcast.com/learn/internet/security-edge
About Comcast Business Comcast Business offers a suite of
Connectivity, Communications, Networking, Cybersecurity, Wireless,
and Managed Solutions to help organizations of different sizes
prepare for what’s next. Powered by the nation’s largest Gig-speed
broadband network, and backed by 24/7 customer support, Comcast
Business is the nation’s largest cable provider to small and
mid-size businesses and one of the leading service providers to the
Enterprise market. Comcast Business has been consistently
recognized by industry analysts and associations as a leader and
innovator, and one of the fastest growing providers of Ethernet
services.
For more information, call 866-429-3085. Follow on Twitter
@ComcastBusiness and on other social media networks at
http://business.comcast.com/social.
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