OMAHA, NE--(Marketwired - Oct 29, 2015) - Solutionary, an NTT Group security company (
"Our report continues to illustrate how difficult it is for both U.S. government agencies and enterprises to secure their data and eliminate harmful malware or other vulnerabilities in their environments," said Rob Kraus, director of security research and strategy, Solutionary. "We remain vigilant in messaging to our customers that one of the best ways to verify if their organization has effective security controls in place is to test their environment through intrusion and application testing. Second, track all findings and vulnerabilities. And then finally, prioritize those problems and build an action plan to mitigate the greatest risks."
Key Findings:
- The top four countries (U.S., Netherlands, China and Japan) accounted for over 96 percent of the malware detected during Q3 '15.
- An increase in reconnaissance activity in Q2 '15 was followed by an increase in attacks during Q3 '15.
- Detected attacks jumped nearly 42 percent from what was detected in Q2 '15, which is typical within the campaigns observed and an expected result as attackers progress through the lifecycle of attack phases.
- Web application attacks took over the top "type of attack" spot with 33 percent of all detected attacks.
- Overall detected malware dropped nearly 40 percent from what was detected in Q2 '15.
- The Ashley Madison breach included data from as many as 31 million users, with 64 percent of those users from the U.S. (almost 20 million).
- Top five U.S. States in the Ashley Madison breach include California, Texas, New York, Florida and Pennsylvania. California accounted for 12 percent of U.S. records and Florida accounting for highest per-capita percent at nearly six percent.
Readers will find several sections in the report that provide timely, actionable information they can use to help protect against today's most malicious attack tactics and vectors.
To access a copy of the complete report, please visit: https://www.solutionary.com/threat-intelligence/threat-reports/quarterly-threat-reports/sert-threat-report-q3-2015
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