Top 20+ cyber security attacks 2016

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 

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, 

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

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 

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 

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 

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

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) 

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 

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

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 

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 

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 

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 

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 

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

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 

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, 

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 

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 

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 

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 

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 

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 

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) 

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 

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 

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