Krack Attack

Macro-less Word Document Attacks On The Rise, Zero Day Malware Variants Jump 167 Percent

Posted by Jay Bartlett March 28, 2018 7:18 pm Categories: Cyber Security. Tags: Corey Nachreiner, Internet Security Report, Krack Attack, Macro-less Attack, malware, WatchGuard Technologies.

WatchGuard^® Technologies announced new research findings from its Internet Security Report for Q4 2017. Among the report?s most notable findings, threat intelligence from Firebox appliances protecting small and midsize businesses (SMBs) and distributed enterprises around the world showed that total malware attacks are up by 33 percent, and that cyber criminals are increasingly leveraging Microsoft Office documents to deliver malicious payloads. WatchGuard has also launched a new Threat Landscape data visualization tool, available for the public to access to daily updates about the most prevalent computer and network security threats affecting SMBs and distributed enterprises.