Drastic increase in malware threats
Security threats in OT and IoT environments are increasing rapidly. Healthcare, energy and manufacturing are particularly affected. Nozomi Networks Labs' analysis of unique telemetry data - collected from OT and IoT environments spanning a variety of use cases and industries worldwide - has revealed that malware-related security threats have increased 10x in the last six months. Across the broad categories of malware and potentially unwanted applications, activity increased by 96 percent. Threat activity related to access controls has more than doubled. Inadequate authentication and password hygiene led to...