Websense Security Labs published a research για την ασφάλεια που πραγματοποίησε το 2015. Σύμφωνα με την έκθεση Websense 2015 Threat Report ο όγκος των απειλών malware έχει μειωθεί, παρά την αύξηση των παραβιάσεων.
But the bad news comes below. Websense Security Labs reports that it recorded 3,96 billion online security threats in 2014, which is 5,1% less than the 2013 threats. Nevertheless, the number of high-profile breaches has increased.
Hackers seem to have changed their tactics and from the mass-flagrant breaches of the past years they prefer the more "quiet, targeted and unique attacks” which according to Websense are much more effective.
Η Websense 2015 Threat Report was released on Wednesday April 8 and reports that malware writers continue to reuse the same delivery techniques and infrastructures.
99,3% of malware uses administrative and control infrastructures that have been used by other malicious developers.
About one in three (to 30%) end-users click on malicious e-mail URLs, even if they are warned of the risk.
"End-users seem to be becoming increasingly unconscious of warnings, feeling irresponsible and still lacking training from the companies they work for," according to Websense.
Hackers, meanwhile, according to the company, acquire skills through the adoption of tools that circulate online rather than because they have knowledge. This practically means that every restless 13man can download your website.
Script kiddies, according to the company, can now perform successful attacks with the exploit kits they rent, Malware-as-a-Service and other malicious services that can be freely purchased online.
In 2014, 81% of all emails scanned by Websense were classified as malicious. Websense Security Labs detected in the last 30 days of 2014 alone, more than 3 million malicious files attached to emails.
The Websense 2015 Threat Report is available from here, but required enrollment.
