Such unprecedented increase in cyberattack prevalence has been fueled by increasingly sophisticated threat actors and advancements in artificial intelligence and machine learning, an analysis from Check Point revealed. Most cyberattacks during the second quarter were targeted at education and research organizations, followed by government and military entities and healthcare organizations and while North America had the least attempted cyberattacks during the period, it was most damaged by ransomware intrusions, the report showed.

Source: SC Magazine