69 per cent of IT professionals experience phishing attacks at least once a week, with customer data cited most often as the type of data attacked, followed by financial information.
According to HP, and reported by Net-Security, seven out of ten attacks generated within the network perimeter stem from a malware-infected host highlighting the importance of taking a layered approach to security to block suspicious communications at every point on the network—from the perimeter to the core.
Approximately six out of 10 attacks stem from malicious communication with the command and control site, and over half are taking advantage of a software vulnerability. Top threats relative to these new attacks are primarily within the data centre, mobile and branch networks.
