{"id":26964,"date":"2021-08-11T10:27:51","date_gmt":"2021-08-11T07:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saudishopper.com.sa\/en\/?p=26964"},"modified":"2026-03-27T23:00:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T20:00:31","slug":"cybercriminals-narrow-their-focus-on-smbs-according-to-a-mid-year-cyberthreats-report-by-acronis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saudishopper.com.sa\/en\/cybercriminals-narrow-their-focus-on-smbs-according-to-a-mid-year-cyberthreats-report-by-acronis\/","title":{"rendered":"Cybercriminals narrow their focus on SMBs according to a mid-year Cyberthreats Report by Acronis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Average cost of data breach rose up to $3.56 million and phishing emails rising by 62% in Q2 over Q1. <\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES., August 10, 2021-(<\/strong>AETOSWire<\/a>)\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0A Mid-year Cyberthreats Report 2021 by global\u00a0cyber protection<\/a>\u00a0leader\u00a0Acronis<\/a>, warns that small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are at particular risk based on the attack trends seen during the first six months of the year.\u00a0\u00a0Released at Black Hat 2021 event, where Acronis was a Diamond sponsor, the report is an in-depth review of the cyberthreat trends the company\u2019s experts are tracking.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The report revealed that during the first half of 2021, 4 out of 5 organizations experienced a cybersecurity breach originating from a vulnerability in their third-party vendor ecosystem. That\u2019s at a time when the average cost of a data breach rose to around $3.56 million, with the average ransomware payment jumping 33% to more than $100,000. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While that represents a major financial hit to any organization, those amounts would sound the death-knell for most SMBs, which Acronis believes is a major concern for the second half of 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhile the increase in attacks affects organizations of all sizes, something that\u2019s under-reported in the coverage of current cyberthreat trends is the impact on the small business community,\u201d explained Candid W\u00fcest, Acronis VP of Cyber Protection Research. \u201cUnlike larger corporations, small and medium-sized companies don\u2019t have the money, resources, or staffing expertise needed to counter today\u2019s threats. That\u2019s why they turn to IT service providers \u2013 but if those service providers are compromised, those SMBs are at the mercy of the attackers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By utilizing supply-chain attacks against managed service providers (MSPs), attackers gain access to both the MSP business and all of its clients. As seen in the SolarWinds breach last year and the Kaseya VSA attack earlier in 2021, one successful attack means they can breach hundreds or thousands of SMBs downstream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Black Hat 2021,\u00a0W\u00fcest\u00a0will provide an in-depth look at how supply-chain attacks against IT service providers pose a particular threat to SMBs in a session titled\u00a0Ransomware Attacks Against MSPs \u2013 A Nightmare for SMBs<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additional takeaways at the mid-year mark<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beyond the high-profile attacks that have dominated the headlines during the past six months and the concerns raised about the impact on MSPs and small businesses, the Report also noted: <\/p>\n\n\n\n