{"id":41699,"date":"2021-07-08T11:10:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-08T11:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/criminals-prefer-to-wfh-too-singapore-infosec-agency-says-43-of-all-crimes-in-the-city-state-happened-online-in-2020\/"},"modified":"2021-07-08T11:10:00","modified_gmt":"2021-07-08T11:10:00","slug":"criminals-prefer-to-wfh-too-singapore-infosec-agency-says-43-of-all-crimes-in-the-city-state-happened-online-in-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/criminals-prefer-to-wfh-too-singapore-infosec-agency-says-43-of-all-crimes-in-the-city-state-happened-online-in-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Criminals prefer to WFH too: Singapore infosec agency says 43% of all crimes in the city-state happened online in 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) today released data revealing that cybercrime accounted for 43 per cent of all crime in the city-state during 2020.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Although the number of phishing incidents remained stable and website defacements declined slightly, malicious cyber activities remain a concern amid a rapidly evolving global cyber landscape and increased digitalisation brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic,&#8221; said the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.csa.gov.sg\/en\/News\/Press-Releases\/ransomware-incidents-online-scams-and-covid19-related-phishing-activities-dominated-cyber-landscape-in-2020\" rel=\"noopener\">agency<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The CSA said attackers capitalised on pandemic-related anxiety, targeting e-commerce, data security, vaccine-related research, and operations, including contact-tracing operations.<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"top\" data-raptor=\"condor\" data-xsm=\",fluid,mpu,\" data-sm=\",fluid,mpu,\" data-md=\",fluid,mpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=2&amp;c=2YOlfs3YVwtfO@Q@cNGT1qAAAAMo&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=2&amp;c=2YOlfs3YVwtfO@Q@cNGT1qAAAAMo&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p>Ransomware attacks rose 154 per cent from 35 cases in 2019 to 89 in 2020, shifting from what CSA called &#8220;indiscriminate, opportunistic attacks&#8221; to &#8220;Big Game Hunting&#8221;. 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