India, May 12 -- Application attacks spike, accounting for 67% of all attacks as remote-access becomes a common vulnerability

NTT Ltd's 2021 Global Threat Intelligence Report (GTIR) reveals Healthcare, manufacturing, and finance industries all saw an increase in attacks (200%, 300%, and 53% respectively), with these top three sectors accounting for a combined total of 62% of all attacks in 2020, up 11% from 2019. It also shows how hackers are shifting their attention from remote working to essential industries.

As organizations race to offer more virtual, remote access through the use of client portals, application-specific and web-application attacks spiked, accounting for 67% of all attacks, which has more than doubled in the past two...