Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 38 | Page 27

INFOGRAPHIC RiskIQ CEO Elias Manousos RiskIQ’s research has also uncovered additional malicious activity each minute, ranging from blacklisted mobile apps to malvertising: • A total of 1.5 organisations fell victim to ransomware attacks every minute with an average cost to businesses of US$ 15,221 • There was a total of 0.17 blacklisted mobile apps • There were 0.21 new phishing domains • A total of 0.07 incidents of the Magecart credit card skimmer • There were 0.1 new sites running the CoinHive cryptocurrency mining script • Four potentially vulnerable web components were discovered “As companies innovate online to make more meaningful touchpoints with their customers, partners and employees, attackers prey on their lack of visibility into their Internet-facing attack surface to erode users’ trust and access credentials and sensitive data,” Manousos said. “Businesses must realise that they are vulnerable beyond the firewall, all the way across the open Internet.” n www.intelligentcio.com “ BUSINESSES MUST REALISE THAT THEY ARE VULNERABLE BEYOND THE FIREWALL, ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE OPEN INTERNET. INTELLIGENTCIO 27