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Financial services saw 132,378 IPS hits per device in the first half of 2026, the highest attack intensity of any industry SonicWall tracks.
7/12/2026•
Intrusion PreventionFinancial Services
The GoodTech Telnet Server Buffer Overflow vulnerability generated 42.2 million detection events in the financial services industry in the first half of 2026.
7/12/2026•
VulnerabilitiesLegacy SystemsFinancial Services
Financial services experienced more than double the cross-sector average of cyberattack attempts per device in the first half of 2026.
7/12/2026•
CybersecurityThreat LandscapeFinancial Services
Ten ransomware families were active against the financial services sector in the first half of 2026, including REvil (Sodinokibi) and Prometheus.
7/12/2026•
RansomwareFinancial ServicesMalware
Log4Shell generated 35.6 million detection events in the first half of 2026 in the financial services industry, more than two years after disclosure.
7/12/2026•
VulnerabilitiesApplication SecurityFinancial Services
Malware activity averaged 39,341 hits per firewall in the first half of 2026, giving financial services the second-highest per-device malware intensity of any industry, behind only healthcare.
7/12/2026•
MalwareCybersecurityFinancial Services
IoT attacks climbed 11% to 610 million hits.
5/27/2026•
IoT SecurityIoT Attacks
Identity, cloud, and credential compromise accounted for 85% of actionable security alerts.
5/27/2026•
Identity SecurityCloud SecurityCompromised Credentials
Automated bots generate more than 36,000 vulnerability scans per second.
5/27/2026•
Vulnerability ManagementBot TrafficAutomated Bots
SMBs account for nearly half of private sector employment.
5/27/2026•
SMBUSPrivate Sector
In 2025, 88% of SMB breaches involved ransomware, more than double the rate at large enterprises.
5/27/2026•
RansomwareSMBSMB Breach
The average breach goes undetected for 181 days.
5/27/2026•
Data BreachBreach DetectionIncident Response
SMBs represent 99% of all U.S. businesses.
5/27/2026•
SMBUS
Automated bots account for more than half of all internet traffic.
5/27/2026•
Bot TrafficAutomated BotsInternet Traffic
Log4j generated 824.9 million IPS hits in 2025.
5/27/2026•
Vulnerability ExploitationLog4j
High- and medium-severity attacks surged 20.8% to more than 13 billion hits.
5/27/2026•
Cyber Attack
Bad bot traffic accounts for 37% of all global internet traffic.
5/27/2026•
Bot TrafficBad Bot TrafficInternet Traffic
A single SMB breach can exceed $4.91 million when downtime and recovery are included.
5/27/2026•
Data Breach CostsSMB BreachIncident Recovery
VPN Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) grow 82.5% over the analyzed period.
5/27/2026•
VulnerabilitiesVPNCVEs
IoT attacks increased 124% year-over-year.
2/1/2025
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