New research by Zscaler, analyzing 6.6 billion security threats, has discovered a 260% increase in attacks during the first nine months of 2020. Among the encrypted attacks was an increase of the amount of ransomware by 500%, with the most prominent variants being FileCrypt/FileCoder, followed by Sodinokibi, Maze and Ryuk.
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@Jamie Akhtar, CEO and Co-founder, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"It’s a clever trick as malicious acts are masked behind a symbol universally recognised to mean ‘secure’ and ’safe’...."
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@Jamie Akhtar, CEO and Co-founder, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"It’s a clever trick as malicious acts are masked behind a symbol universally recognised to mean ‘secure’ and ’safe’...."
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https://informationsecuritybuzz.com/expert-comments/malicious-use-of-ssl-increases-as-attackers-deploy-hidden-attacks
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@Oleg Kolesnikov, VP of threat research, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"SSL/TLS inspection/termination alone is often not sufficient...."
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@Oleg Kolesnikov, VP of threat research, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"SSL/TLS inspection/termination alone is often not sufficient...."
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@Niamh Muldoon, Senior Director of Trust and Security EMEA, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"Other security controls and alerts would highlight this as malicious activity for investigation...."
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@Niamh Muldoon, Senior Director of Trust and Security EMEA, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"Other security controls and alerts would highlight this as malicious activity for investigation...."
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