Welcome to the June 2015 Newsletter.
Here's a sobering point to reflect on. Check Point has monitored and analysed hundreds of millions of security events from over 17,000 organisations worldwide across a range of industry sectors, using in-depth security audits and its own global network of threat sensors, and the results are not heartening.

Its 2015 Security Report shows the following outcomes on an average day in an average enterprise business:

• Every 34 seconds, unknown malware is downloaded to company networks (48x more than 2014's report)
• Every 60 seconds, a bot infection on a network communicates with its command centre (3x more than for 2014)
• Every 6 minutes, a known malware type is downloaded to company networks (nearly twice as much)
• Every 30 minutes, a DDoS attack is launched against an organisation (6x more)
• Every 36 minutes sensitive data are sent outside the organisation (37% more).

Just as concerning was Symantec's latest Internet Security Threat Report (ISTR), Volume 20, which exposed a tactical shift by cyberattackers: they are now infiltrating networks and evading detection by hijacking the infrastructure of major corporations and using it against them.

"Attackers don't need to break down the door to a company’s network when the keys are readily available," says Kevin Haley, director, Symantec Security Response. "We're seeing attackers trick companies into infecting themselves by Trojanising software updates to common programs and patiently waiting for their targets to download them-giving attackers unfettered access to the corporate network."


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Brian Wall, Editor
Computing Security

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