According to information from the Watchguard Threat Laboratory, although the number of cyber attacks in Turkey in 2023 decreased by 1.32 percent, the total number of attacks reached 1 million.
WatchGuard Threat Lab, in 2023 He gave information about malware attacks in Turkey. While it is stated that 115 attacks occur every hour, a significant part of these attacks are “Gene. variantIt was carried out with malware called “.
UYM device to WatchGuard Threat Center According to data from fireboxes In the prepared report, it was stated that in 2023, there will be 2,754 malware attacks every day, 115 every hour, and 2 malware attacks every minute in our country. The total number of attacks has reached 1 million.
2,754 attacks occur per day
WatchGuard Türkiye and Greece Country Manager Yusuf Evmezstated that the majority of the attacks were malware originating from Gen:Variant.Lazy.282231 and Adware.Generic.3106131. On the other hand, the number of these attacks decreased by 1.32% compared to the previous year.
in 2023 in April There was a significant increase in the number of malicious attacks. Number of malicious attacks this month 203,583 happened. 6% of these attacks were zero-day attacks. Yusuf Evmez stated that traditional protection methods cannot provide sufficient defense against these attacks.
Network attacks increased by 308%
While many institutions move their data to networks, attackers also carry out their attacks. focused on infiltrating networks in case. These attacks increased by 308% in 2023. While a total of 42,520 attacks were carried out, the majority of these attacks were “WEB Directory Traversal -2.u” was carried out as.
WatchGuard Türkiye and Greece Sales Engineer Alper Onarangil, “Security vulnerabilities that emerged in many widely used products in 2023 caused a significant increase in attacks against services and applications due to the lack of security patches. Looking at the details of these attacks, although it is an old attack, brute force attacks It still appears to be among the 10 most common attacks. To reduce the effects of attacks, narrowing the attack surface is of critical importance. Therefore, it is important to use a centralized patch management software to ensure timely patches are applied against security vulnerabilities in operating systems and applications. These patches should be installed automatically, without being left to user initiative. For safety, protection of passwords and credentials It is also among the critical issues. Multi-factor authentication, which is one of the most effective methods to protect against attacks that may occur following brute force attacks or password theft, plays an important role in reducing information security risks by increasing security.” he said.