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HTTPS insecurity: Malware uses encrypted connections
HTTPS insecurity: Malware uses encrypted connections

WatchGuard analyzes commercial Adversary-in-the-Middle attacks, JavaScript-based exploit kits and Gothic Panda-related malware in the Internet Security Report Q3 (ISR). The biggest threats were only sent over HTTPS encrypted connections. Just before the end of the year, WatchGuard Technologies published its latest Internet Security Report (ISR). In this, the most important malware trends as well as currently relevant attack methods on networks and endpoints are described in detail in the usual way. WatchGuard Threat Lab researchers' findings show that the top malware threat for the third quarter of 2022 was sent exclusively over encrypted connections. Attackers exploit HTTPS Likewise…

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24 billion threats via SSL encryption
24 billion threats via SSL encryption

24 billion threats ran over encrypted channels using SSL such as HTTPS. The attack usually comes from malware that is transported via e-mail or infected websites. In Germany, this type of attack increased by 2021 percent compared to 352. The annual State of Encrypted Attacks report shows the trends of HTTPS-based attacks based on the analysis of more than 24 billion threats from October 2021 to September 2022. The research is based on insights from more than 300 trillion daily signals and 270 billion daily Transactions in the Zscaler…

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