The very latest cyber threat intelligence for May 2018 depicts increases in a number of attack areas, particularly when comparing against 2017 cyber threat data. Through May 2018, the SonicWall Capture Labs threat researches have recorded: Global Cyberattacks — May 2018 2 million malware attacks (64 percent year-over-year increase) 9 million ransomware attacks (78 percent year-over-year increase) 238,828 encrypted threats (142 percent year-over-year increase) Global Cyberattacks — Year to Date 5 billion malware attacks (128 percent increase ) 2 million ransomware attacks (299 percent increase) 2 million encrypted threats (283 percent increase) To put these numbers in a more practical light, it’s helpful to break them down by customer.