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1 Biggest cybersecurity threats in 2016 – CNBC

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  • Author: cnbc.com
  • Published: 06/01/2022
  • Review: 4.93 (800 vote)
  • Summary: · Biggest cybersecurity threats in 2016 · Headless worms, machine-to-machine attacks, jailbreaking, ghostware and two-faced malware: The language 
  • Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2015/12/28/biggest-cybersecurity-threats-in-2016.html

2 Cybercrime To Cost The World $10.5 Trillion Annually By 2025

  • Author: cybersecurityventures.com
  • Published: 05/20/2022
  • Review: 4.76 (394 vote)
  • Summary: In his 2016 New York Times bestseller — Lights Out: A Cyberattack, … Cyber threats have expanded from targeting and harming computers, networks, 
  • Source: https://cybersecurityventures.com/hackerpocalypse-cybercrime-report-2016/

3 Cybersecurity Attacks Hit 87% of Organizations in 2016

  • Author: healthitsecurity.com
  • Published: 12/31/2021
  • Review: 4.56 (277 vote)
  • Summary: · A Redspin report released earlier this year found that healthcare cybersecurity attacks stemming from hackers increased 320 percent in 2016
  • Source: https://healthitsecurity.com/news/cybersecurity-attacks-hit-87-of-organizations-in-2016

4 2016 Data Breaches | IdentityForce®

  • Author: identityforce.com
  • Published: 03/27/2022
  • Review: 4.19 (274 vote)
  • Summary: · February 9, 2016: Hackers breached the U.S. Department of Justice’s database, releasing data on 10,000 Department of Homeland Security employees 
  • Source: https://www.identityforce.com/blog/2016-data-breaches

5 Five Most Famous DDoS Attacks and Then Some | A10 Networks

  • Author: a10networks.com
  • Published: 02/19/2022
  • Review: 4.14 (211 vote)
  • Summary: · On September 20, 2016, the blog of cybersecurity expert Brian Krebs was assaulted by a DDoS attack in excess of 620 Gbps. Krebs’ site had 
  • Source: https://www.a10networks.com/blog/5-most-famous-ddos-attacks/

6 Cybersecurity: A Global Priority and Career Opportunity

  • Author: ung.edu
  • Published: 10/28/2021
  • Review: 3.99 (562 vote)
  • Summary: Ninety-five percent of breached records came from only three industries in 2016 – government, retail, and technology. · There is a hacker attack every 39 seconds 
  • Source: https://ung.edu/continuing-education/news-and-media/cybersecurity.php

7 A Rundown of the Biggest Cybersecurity Incidents of 2016

  • Author: trendmicro.com
  • Published: 10/28/2021
  • Review: 3.67 (208 vote)
  • Summary: · Most persistent cybercriminals: Ransomware attackers · Most expensive attacks: Leoni and Bangladesh Bank · Biggest attack vector in finance: SWIFT
  • Source: https://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/us/security/news/cyber-attacks/a-rundown-of-the-biggest-cybersecurity-incidents-of-2016

8 166 Cybersecurity Statistics and Trends [updated 2022] – Varonis

  • Author: varonis.com
  • Published: 10/01/2021
  • Review: 3.56 (583 vote)
  • Summary: · Some of the most common attacks include phishing, whaling, malware, social engineering, ransomware, and distributed denial of service (DDoS) 
  • Source: https://www.varonis.com/blog/cybersecurity-statistics

9 IBM Security X-Force Threat Intelligence Index

  • Author: ibm.com
  • Published: 12/16/2021
  • Review: 3.3 (415 vote)
  • Summary: Ransomware remains the leading type of attack, although it decreased as a share of overall attacks. Why? Our theory is law enforcement action. The REvil 
  • Source: https://www.ibm.com/security/data-breach/threat-intelligence

10 The Biggest and Most Impactful Data Breaches of 2016

  • Author: digitalguardian.com
  • Published: 08/15/2021
  • Review: 3.14 (216 vote)
  • Summary: The Biggest and Most Impactful Data Breaches of 2016
  • Source: https://digitalguardian.com/blog/biggest-and-most-impactful-data-breaches-2016

11 Cybersecurity Incidents – OPM

  • Author: opm.gov
  • Published: 01/26/2022
  • Review: 2.82 (169 vote)
  • Summary: What Happened · In June 2015, OPM discovered that the background investigation records of current, former, and prospective Federal employees and contractors had 
  • Source: https://www.opm.gov/cybersecurity/cybersecurity-incidents/

12 The K12 Cyber Incident Map — K12 SIX

  • Author: k12six.org
  • Published: 05/06/2022
  • Review: 2.74 (172 vote)
  • Summary: · 1,331 Incidents Since 2016 · unauthorized disclosures, breaches or hacks resulting in the disclosure of personal data (purple pins); · ransomware 
  • Source: https://www.k12six.org/map

13 8 Major Cyber Attacks Of 2016 [Infographic] – Forbes

  • Author: forbes.com
  • Published: 06/24/2022
  • Review: 2.62 (81 vote)
  • Summary: · Last year was no stranger to cybercrime. In fact, we saw some of the largest attacks in history. Political parties like the DNC, major hosting 
  • Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/kevinanderton/2017/03/29/8-major-cyber-attacks-of-2016-infographic/

14 The 10 biggest security incidents of 2016 | WeLiveSecurity

  • Author: welivesecurity.com
  • Published: 02/21/2022
  • Review: 2.55 (162 vote)
  • Summary: · The 10 biggest security incidents of 2016 · 1. Dyn DDoS attack · 2. Tesco Bank customers lose real money · 3. DDoS automating systems in Finland · 4 
  • Source: https://www.welivesecurity.com/2016/12/30/biggest-security-incidents-2016/

15 Cyber attack: hackers ‘weaponised’ everyday devices with malware

  • Author: theguardian.com
  • Published: 09/22/2021
  • Review: 2.44 (199 vote)
  • Summary: · The huge attack on global internet access, which blocked some of the world’s most popular websites, is believed to have been unleashed by 
  • Source: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/oct/22/cyber-attack-hackers-weaponised-everyday-devices-with-malware-to-mount-assault

16 U.S. government and cyber crime – Statistics & Facts – Statista

  • Author: statista.com
  • Published: 09/17/2021
  • Review: 2.36 (171 vote)
  • Summary: · Interesting statistics · IT and cyber security spending · Cyber attacks · Federal data breaches · Security governance
  • Source: https://www.statista.com/topics/3387/us-government-and-cyber-crime/

17 IBM: 60 Percent of Attacks Carried Out by Insiders

  • Author: ciab.com
  • Published: 12/10/2021
  • Review: 2.23 (101 vote)
  • Summary: IBM found, in their 2016 Cyber Security Intelligence Index, that 60 percent of all attacks were carried out by insiders, with three-quarters of the attacks 
  • Source: https://www.ciab.com/resources/ibm-60-percent-attacks-carried-insiders/

18 2022 Data Breach Investigations Report – Verizon

  • Author: verizon.com
  • Published: 02/21/2022
  • Review: 2.27 (116 vote)
  • Summary: Explore cybersecurity threats across the globe. This discussion will be led by Sampath Sowmyanarayan, Chief Revenue Officer, Verizon Business; Nasrin Rezai, 
  • Source: https://www.verizon.com/business/resources/reports/dbir/

19 2016: The Year of the Mega Breach – Security Intelligence

  • Author: securityintelligence.com
  • Published: 11/16/2021
  • Review: 2.07 (105 vote)
  • Summary: DDoS campaigns, ransomware, malware attacks …” says a woman sternly to an associate in a recently aired commercial featuring Watson and IBM Security. She may 
  • Source: https://securityintelligence.com/2016-the-year-of-the-mega-breach/

20 Timeline of Cyber Incidents Involving Financial Institutions

  • Author: carnegieendowment.org
  • Published: 06/26/2022
  • Review: 2 (85 vote)
  • Summary: On October 10, 2021, Pichincha Bank in Ecuador was hit by a cyber attack that disrupted customers’ access to bank services, including their online and mobile 
  • Source: https://carnegieendowment.org/specialprojects/protectingfinancialstability/timeline

21 The Biggest Cyber-Security Incidents of 2016 – Infosec Resources

  • Author: resources.infosecinstitute.com
  • Published: 09/14/2021
  • Review: 1.85 (71 vote)
  • Summary: · The Biggest Cyber-Security Incidents of 2016 · Presidential Election hacks · Shadow Brokers hacked the NSA-linked group Equation Group · YAHOO Data 
  • Source: https://resources.infosecinstitute.com/topic/the-biggest-cyber-security-incidents-of-2016/

22 The Biggest Cyber-attacks of 2016 – Panda Security

  • Author: pandasecurity.com
  • Published: 06/06/2022
  • Review: 1.77 (141 vote)
  • Summary: · The Internet service was disrupted for almost 11 hours, affecting more than one billion customers around the world. This attack added to the 
  • Source: https://www.pandasecurity.com/en/mediacenter/malware/the-biggest-cyber-attacks-of-2016/

23 Cyber Crime — FBI – FBI.gov

  • Author: fbi.gov
  • Published: 11/03/2021
  • Review: 1.7 (169 vote)
  • Summary: Contact Your Local FBI Field Office. If you or your organization is the victim of a network intrusion, data breach, or ransomware attack, contact your nearest 
  • Source: https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/cyber

24 Cyber Security Statistics The Ultimate List Of Stats Data, & Trends

  • Author: purplesec.us
  • Published: 03/01/2022
  • Review: 1.68 (98 vote)
  • Summary: From 2016 through 2020, between 12 and 25 zero-day attacks were identified each year, about 21 per year on average. 80% of all successful data breaches in 2019 
  • Source: https://purplesec.us/resources/cyber-security-statistics/

25 Merging Datasets of CyberSecurity Incidents for Fun and Insight

  • Author: frontiersin.org
  • Published: 05/19/2022
  • Review: 1.47 (64 vote)
  • Summary: (2018) also uses the PRC dataset to analyze whether the data breaches caused by cyber attacks are increasing, decreasing, or stabilizing. Romanosky (2016) 
  • Source: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fdata.2020.521132/full

26 Significant Cyber Incidents | Center for Strategic and International

  • Author: csis.org
  • Published: 12/02/2021
  • Review: 1.41 (163 vote)
  • Summary: June 2022. Hackers targeted Norwegian public institutions with DDoS attacks, disrupting government websites. The Norwegian NSM security authority attributed the 
  • Source: https://www.csis.org/programs/strategic-technologies-program/significant-cyber-incidents

27 The Biggest Cybersecurity Threats Are Inside Your Company

  • Author: hbr.org
  • Published: 09/05/2021
  • Review: 1.25 (132 vote)
  • Summary: · IBM Security research also found that health care, manufacturing, and financial services are the top three industries under attack, due to their 
  • Source: https://hbr.org/2016/09/the-biggest-cybersecurity-threats-are-inside-your-company

28 The 15 biggest data breaches of the 21st century – CSO Online

  • Author: csoonline.com
  • Published: 07/25/2022
  • Review: 1.16 (186 vote)
  • Summary: · Though it had long stopped being the powerhouse that it once was, social media site MySpace hit the headlines in 2016 after 360 million user 
  • Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2130877/the-biggest-data-breaches-of-the-21st-century.html