"Education sector hounded by cyberattacks in 2021"

Researchers at Check Point Software Technologies have found that education and research were the top targets for cyberattackers in 2021, with an average of 1605 attacks per organization per week, a 75% increase from 2020.  Following closely behind the education sector is the government and military sector which registered 1136 attacks per organization per week in 2021, a 47% increase from the previous year.  The communication industry was the third most targeted sector, logging 1079 attacks weekly per organization, 51% higher than last year.  In 2021, there was a 50% overall jump in cyberattacks.  Researchers stated that although the increase was really across the board, in December, the added attacks attributed to Log4j vulnerabilities helped push the numbers up.  The researchers noted that there were millions of attacks per hour attempting to exploit the Log4j vulnerability in November and December 2021.  The researchers also found that in 2021 there also has been a 57% increase in ransomware impact on corporate networks and 59% in info stealers.

CSO reports: "Education sector hounded by cyberattacks in 2021"