LAC publishes "LAC Security Insight Issue 7, Winter 2024" published by security experts LAC Security Insight Issue 7, Winter 2024, is now available

LAC Corporation (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President & CEO: Itsuro Nishimoto; hereafter, "Lack") has established "JSOC," a security monitoring center that is on the front line of responding to the threat of cyber attacks, "Cyber Emergency Center" that rescues organizations that have suffered cyber damage, and "Digital Pen Testing Department" that conducts simulated penetration tests of customers' systems by adopting attackers' cyber attack methods. The "Cyber Emergency Center" is at the forefront of cyber-attack threat response, and the "Digital Pen Testing Department" conducts pseudo penetration tests of customer systems, incorporating attackers' cyber-attack techniques. LAC Security Insight No. 7, Winter 2024, was released on March 26, 2024, and provides "insights" into recent threat trends and characteristics gained through analysis, research, and penetration testing.

LAC Security Insight Issue 7, Winter 2024

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LAC Security Insight Issue 7, Winter 2024

This report is rooted in actual attacks and incidents that occur daily and focuses on threats targeting Japanese companies and organizations, allowing cybersecurity professionals at Japanese companies and organizations to understand the cyber attacks and threats their organizations are facing.

Cyber 119 incident dispatch trends

Cyber 119 dispatch trends: October-December 2023

During this period, malware-related and server intrusion-related incidents accounted for 30% and 35% of the total, respectively, and together they accounted for 65% of the total. This is the same trend as in the previous quarter (June to September 2023) and the same period last year (October to December 2022), and the situation remains the same with the majority of cybercrime incidents.

Cyber Attack Trends Observed by JSOC

Topics of Major Incidents: October to December 2023

The total number of critical incidents (security incidents in which a successful attack has been confirmed or damage is likely to have occurred, regardless of the number of detected incidents) that occurred during this period was 98.

The number of incidents from Internet attacks increased compared to the previous quarter, with 16 (16%) incidents from Internet attacks and 82 (84%) incidents from internal network communications.

Special Feature: Threat Predictions for 2024

Analysts from JSOC and the Cyber Emergency Center have compiled a list of threat predictions for 2024.

LAC Security Insight Issue 7 Winter 2024 Table of Contents

Introduction

Incident trends dispatched by Cyber 119

Cyber Attack Trends Observed by JSOC

Special Feature: Threat Predictions for 2024

About LAC Corporation

https://www.lac.co.jp/

Lack provides services to solve various issues in society and business with its rich experience and latest technologies in cyber security and system integration. Since its establishment, the company has been involved in the development of infrastructure systems that support Japanese society, including financial and manufacturing industries. In recent years, it has also been involved in the latest IT services suited to the DX era, such as AI, cloud computing, and teleworking. Since launching Japan's first information security service in 1995, we have been at the forefront of the latest cyber-attack countermeasures and incident response, including JSOC, one of the largest security monitoring centers in Japan, Cyber Emergency Center, vulnerability assessment, penetration testing, and IoT security. LAC is a leading company in the information security field.

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