Chinese companies were networking surge in attacks two years 969%, the source hard to find-IT information

According to foreign media reports, PricewaterhouseCoopers, a new survey shows that cyber attacks against Chinese companies began soaring frequency over the past two years, which can receive and send data of networked home products are most frequently.

It is learnt that the mainland China and Hong Kong over the past two years to detect network attacks surge in number of 969%. Surveyed 440 Chinese and Hong Kong companies, each company will receive 7 attacks a day on average, the global average (daily average: 13) about half.

However, the soaring number of different attacks with Chinese companies, the global average 3% fall in nearly two years, and after 2015, the downward trend is growing, reaching 30%.

PricewaterhouseCoopers believes that equipment in China, the rapid spread of the Internet of things is main reason for the soaring number of attack, these networked devices, after all, has always been the main targets of cyber attacks.

"For network security issues, networking equipment developers are not enough attention. "PricewaterhouseCoopers Internet security partner, Marlin said. "The Mainland and Hong Kong are the main consumer market of networking equipment, its penetration rate than the rest of the world. Meanwhile, China is also the main producer of such a device. ”

Although the number of attacks soared, but Chinese companies in network security spending was reduced by 7.6%. 34% of those surveyed believe that one of the competitors is the source of the attack, the proportion was significantly higher than the rest of the world.

PWC's survey did not track these attacks came from which country, because this is an impossible task. Marin believes that global network attacks decline does not mean safer network environment, but because cyber criminals are more mature, they can be selectively looking for targets.

中国公司遭网络攻击次数两年暴增969%，源头难查 - IT资讯

据外媒报道，普华永道一项最新调查显示，针对中国公司的网络攻击频率最近两年开始疯狂飙升，其中能接收和发送数据的联网家居产品受到的攻击最为频繁。

据悉，中国大陆和香港公司最近两年侦测到的网络攻击次数暴增969%。在接受调查的440家中国大陆和香港公司中，每家公司平均每天都会遭到7次攻击，是全球平均水平（日均13次）的一半左右。

不过，与中国公司遭受攻击次数疯狂飙升不同，全球平均水平近两年来有了3%的下滑，而2015年后，其下滑趋势更是不断扩大，达到了30%。

普华永道认为，物联网设备在中国的快速普及是攻击次数飙升的主要原因，毕竟这些物联网设备一直是网络攻击的主要目标。

“对于网络安全问题，物联网设备的开发者大都不够重视。”普华永道网络安全合伙人马林说道。“大陆和香港是物联网设备的主要消费市场，其普及率远超世界其他国家。同时，中国也是此类设备的主要制造国。”

虽然遭到攻击次数飙升，但中国公司在网络安全支出上却减少了7.6%。而34%的受调查者认为竞争对手是攻击的源头之一，该比例明显高于全球其他地区。

普华永道的调查并未追踪这些攻击到底来自哪些国家，因为这是个不可能完成的任务。马林认为，全球网络攻击次数下滑并不意味着网络环境更加安全，而是因为网络犯罪分子更加成熟，他们可以有选择地寻找攻击目标。