FireEye report finds Asia Pacific organizations face greater risk of cyber attacks than global average
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| India, Thailand faced significant increases; Hong Kong and Taiwan most exposed |
FireEye, the leader in stopping today's advanced cyber attacks, today released its latest Regional Advanced Threat Report for Asia Pacific. FireEye found that 33 percent of observed organizations in the Asia Pacific region were exposed to targeted cyber attacks in the first six months of 2015. Organizations in all countries included in the report were observed to have greater exposure to targeted attacks than the global average.
The industries most likely to be attacked were found to be telecommunications, government, education, high-tech and financial services. Education rose significantly in rank from past findings.
"Asia's intellectual property and sensitive information attract targeted attacks by sophisticated threat groups," said Eric Hoh, President of Asia Pacific Japan at FireEye. "While awareness of threats in the region is improving, too many leaders still assume their organizations aren't targeted, and they continue to rely on traditional defense systems. Most organizations need to move faster to shore up their security, because these attacks can reach them in milliseconds. I hope these findings drive more organizations to see the urgency of the threat and take steps to improve defenses."
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| The percent of organizations in each geography which were found to be exposed to attacks from Advanced Persistent Threat groups in the first half of 2015. |
The report's timeframe, the first half of 2015, was a highly eventful period for cyber security in the Asia Pacific region. In April, China was reported to have weaponized its Great Firewall, turning into what some dubbed the Great Cannon. A short time later, FireEye published its APT30 report, which revealed a decade-long cyber espionage campaign--targeting organizations across Southeast Asia and India--that sought political, economic and military information. In May and June, major breaches made headlines in Australia and Japan, respectively.
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