Cloud-based cyber attacks by external actors on businesses went up by 630 percent between January to April 2020, according to cybersecurity company McAfee. Titled 'Cloud Adoption & Risk Report – Work-from-Home Edition', the report reveals a correlation between the increased use of cloud services and collaboration tools such as Cisco WebEx, Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Slack to increase in cyberattacks. Most of these external attacks aim to access cloud accounts with important credentials and targeted collaboration services like Microsoft 365, claims the report. The report's dataset is said to have covered companies from all major industries across the globe including financial services, healthcare, public sector, education, retail, technology, manufacturing, energy, utilities, legal, real estate, transportation and business services.