Global trends in cybercrime and threats to the information security of states

This article identifies current global trends in cybercrime and threats to the information security of states, which affect not only the internal development of individual countries, but also constitute a defining global threat of our time, taking into account the transformation of cyberattacks and the mass nature of their implementation. An analysis of the current state of cybercrime will allow us to better understand its dynamics, contribute to the exchange of experience between countries and the formation of international cooperation mechanisms. The authors conducted a global study of the current state of cybercrime according to certain criteria. In particular, they determined the share of Internet users in individual countries who had ever encountered any cybercrimes in 2022, this analysis showed that cybercrime remains a global threat that affects users regardless of their geographical location. An analysis of the most popular cybercrimes on the Internet in the world for 2017-2022 showed that phishing attacks and tax evasion are most common in the digital environment, the authors presented the dynamics of the number of fraud cases related to payments in 2023 is characterized by an increase in the number of payment fraud, in addition, the dynamics of malware attacks in the world during 2015-2023 is growing. It was found that the leaders of the industry sectors in the world that are most attacked by malware during November 2022 - October 2023 include the educational, entertainment and professional sectors. The share of organizations affected by ransomware attacks worldwide during 2018-2023 was determined, which is 72.7%, which is the highest figure in recent years of the study. Thus, the analysis of these and other indicators has proven that the volume and frequency of cyberattacks is constantly growing and poses a key threat to national and international security, and therefore the fight against cybercrime is a global challenge and requires coordinated interaction between different countries and international organizations. In order to minimize the occurrence of cyberthreats, it is necessary to establish communication between all possible objects of cyberthreats, increase the level of research, the effectiveness of existing tools for countering cyberthreats.