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Zscaler Study Finds More Than 85% of Attacks Now Use Encrypted Channels, with Malware Topping Attacks in 2022
Annual State of Encrypted Attacks Report Finds Security Threats are Growing in Volume 20% Year over Year, Stressing the Need for Zero Trust Architecture More
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[{"type":"text","content":"Annual State of Encrypted Attacks Report Finds Security Threats are Growing in Volume 20% Year over Year, Stressing the Need for Zero Trust Architecture\nMore than 85% of attacks now use encrypted channels across various stages of the kill chain, up 20% from last year.Nearly 90% of all cyberthreats that affect users and organizations come from malware that downloads a malicious payload via a link shared in an email or infected websites.The U.S. and India are top targets for encrypted attacks. South Africa, the UK and Australia round out the top five.Encrypted threats targeting the manufacturing and education industry increased by 239% and 134%, respectively; conversely, retail saw a 63% and government a 40% decline SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 14, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Zscaler, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZS), the leader in cloud security, today announced the release of its annual State of Encrypted Attacks Report, which details the analysis of more than 24 billion threats from October 2021 through September 2022 to track trends of HTTPS-based attacks. The research leveraged insights from more than 300 trillion daily signals and 270 billion daily transactions in the Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange™ — the world’s largest security cloud. The report uncovered that malware continues to pose the greatest threat to individuals and businesses across nine key industries, with manufacturing, education and healthcare being the most commonly targeted. Encrypted attacks remain a significant problem for countries around the globe, with the U.S., India and Japan seeing the biggest increases in attacks over the last 12 months. In addition, South Africa has seen a notable increase in TLS/SSL attacks compared to 2021. “As organizations mature their cyber defenses, adversaries are becoming more sophisticated, particularly in their use of evasive tactics,” said Deepen Desai, CISO and VP of Security Research and Operations at Zscaler. “Potential threats continue to hide in encrypted traffic, empowered by as-a-service models that dramatically reduce the technical barriers to doing so. It is critical for organizations to adopt a cloud-native zero trust architecture that allows consistent inspection of all internet bound traffic and effectively mitigate these attacks.” Malware is king among cybercriminals While cybercriminals hide a variety of attack tactics in encrypted ...