2024 SonicWALL Cyber Threat Report

Navigating the Relentless Surge in Cybercrime

Cyberattacks increased two or threefold across nearly every tracked metric in 2023, as cybercriminals continued to ramp up and diversify their attacks. To give the world’s defenders the actionable threat intelligence needed to safeguard against this relentless surge in cybercrime, we’ve compiled our research into the 2024 SonicWall Cyber Threat Report. Here’s a preview of the year’s most critical findings.

What is the Cyber Threat Report?

Over the past 12 months, 57% of organizations with 100-5,000 users endured one or more cyberattacks — and these attacks cost a staggering $5.34 million on average. SonicWall’s real-time cyber threat intelligence and our twice-yearly threat reports are cited by leading news organizations and used globally to help organizations prevent such attacks.

Intelligence for the 2024 SonicWall Cyber Threat Report was sourced from real-world data gathered by the SonicWall Capture Labs, which securely monitors and collects information from global devices. This includes over 1.1 million security sensors in 215 countries and territories; cross-vector threat-related information from SonicWall security systems, malware/IP reputation data from firewalls and email security devices, shared threat intelligence from the cybersecurity community and more.