MCLEAN, Va., March 9, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- CYREN (NASDAQ:
CYRN) today announced in its 2016 CYREN Cyberthreat Report that it
tracked 3.96 million active phishing URLs in 2015 – a 55% increase
over 2014.
"This ongoing boom for phishing is a clear indicator that
criminals are in the midst of an ongoing shift away from
lower-value, consumer-oriented targets to a focus on specific,
higher-value businesses and individuals," said Lior Kohavi, CTO at CYREN. "This means that an
emphasis on prevention rather than detection is critical. We can no
longer accept the idea that a first successful breach must happen
before others can be protected. Criminal tactics have changed
– and so must the industry's mindset."
CYREN's report also notes that new malware rose 14% in 2015 to
95.54 million detections. New malware aimed at Android users
increased at a slower 5% pace to reach 3.25 million detections. The
full 28-page 2016 CYREN Cyberthreat Report is available to download
at http://tinyurl.com/j39goqc.
About CYREN
CYREN (NASDAQ and TASE: CYRN) protects
more than 600 million users against cyber attacks and data breaches
through its cloud-based web, email, mobile and endpoint security
solutions. Relied upon by many of the world's largest technology
companies such as Dell, Google, McAfee and Microsoft, CYREN offers
enterprise-focused security as a service (SecaaS) solutions as well
as embedded solutions for software and security providers . CYREN's
global cloud security platform processes more than 17 billion daily
transactions and uses innovative zero-day protection technology to
proactively block over 130 million threats each day. Learn more at
www.cyren.com.
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