Trend Micro safeguards Oman from over 5.7mln cyber security threats

Trend Micro safeguards Oman from over 5.7mln cyber security threats

- With a global surge of 75% in ransomware attacks, Trend Micro solutions protected organizations from 63 billion threats in H1 2022

Muscat, Oman: – Trend Micro Incorporated (TYO: 4704; TSE: 4704), a global leader in cybersecurity solutions, predicts that ransomware groups will increasingly target Linux servers and embedded systems over the coming years. The latest Trend Micro 2022 Midyear Roundup Report recorded a double-digit year-on-year (YoY) increase in attacks on these systems in H1 2022.

Detection of attacks from ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) surged in the first half of 2022. Major players like LockBit and Conti were detected with a 500% YoY increase and nearly doubled the number of detections in six months respectively. The RaaS model has generated significant profits for ransomware developers and their affiliates. According to the data, Trend Micro blocked 63 billion threats in H1 2022, there were 52% more threats in the first half of the year than in the same period in 2021, while government, manufacturing, and healthcare were among the top three sectors targeted with malware.

In Oman, Trend Micro solutions detected and blocked over 1.8 million email threats, prevented more than 1.47 million malicious URL victim attacks, and 10,914 URL hosts. In addition, over 1.4 million