Cyberattacks increase by 260% in the first nine months of 2020

Cyberattacks increase by 260% in the first nine months of 2020



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.


Here’s what security experts had to say about these findings:


Oleg Kolesnikov, VP of Threat Research at Securonix


“Having more visibility into the SSL/TLS traffic definitely is one of the key elements neede ..

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