Average monthly reported cyber incidents have tripled since September compared to Jan–Aug: CSA

The spate of recent cyber incidents do not appear to be part of coordinated campaigns targeting Singapore, the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) said on Friday (Nov 13).The agency also noted that the average monthly number of reported cyber incidents since September has been three times the January to August average."(They) reflect a broader global trend of opportunistic attacks," CSA said, adding that some incidents have also involved compromised third-party suppliers, underscoring the importance of managing supply chain risks.Explaining the trend, it highlighted that threat actors would actively scan the internet for vulnerable systems.Even organisations that are not specifically targeted can become victims, CSA said, pointing to the growing use of artificial intelligence (AI) by threat actors that could further accelerate the discovery and exploitation of vulnerabilities, reducing the time organisations have to secure their systems. On the use of AI, CSA warned that this has also "significantly compressed" the window organisations have to detect and address vulnerabilities before they are compromised.