Consumer grade routers experienced a 540 percent jump in the number of attacks, compared to same time last year. Education, Retail, Biotechnology, Construction, and Nonprofit Organizations were the biggest verticals targeted by hackers in 2018, so far. Researchers credit exploitation of a DNS manipulation vulnerability in consumer-grade routers for the uptick. The report was released by researchers at eSentire on Wednesday, with a 539 percent increase in observations from Q4 2017 to Q1 2018, according to the report.
Source: https://threatpost.com/threatlist-biggest-attack-targets/133050/