GEC NEWS WIREDecline in detected malware attacks in organisations coincides perfectly with weekends
Good Morning Monday; Hello Cyber-attacks -the annual NTT 2015 Global Threat Intelligence Report shows a massive increase in malware detections on Monday mornings when users reconnect their devices to the corporate network. This trend supports the contention that the security perimeter in organisations is dissolving because end users increasingly use their devices both inside and outside the corporate security perimeter. In fact, the user is today’s new organisation perimeter.
Matthew Gyde, Dimension Data’s Group Executive – Security, says threats targeting end users are higher than ever. In addition, security vulnerabilities are mostly related to end-user systems and not servers. “It appears that successful exploits occurs over the weekend when end users – and their devices – are outside the security controls of the corporate network.” Gyde says controls that address this trend must focus on the user and their devices, regardless of location, and points out that seven of the top 10 vulnerabilities identified were on end-user systems. End users become a liability and that’s because their devices often have many unpatched vulnerabilities.”
Other highlights of the Global Threat Intelligence Report include the continuation of finance as the top one targeted sector with 18% of all detected attacks. Threats against the end user are higher than ever, attacks show a clear and continuing shift towards success in compromising the end point. Attacks against Business & Professional Services increased from 9% to 15%.
