Malware backdoors still the biggest threat to enterprises

New data from cloud security specialist Netskope shows that companies are still struggling to prevent network breaches and protect themselves at all points of entry. Backdoors made up the bulk of cloud malware detections, at 37.1 percent, down from 43.2 percent last quarter but still the biggest single threat. Following backdoors is adware at 14.3 percent, and Microsoft Office macros at 6.0 percent. Other threats include Javascript making up 5.8 percent of detections, ransomware 4.2 percent, mobile 1.5 percent, and PDF exploits one percent. The percentage of malware-infected files is 9.3 percent, down from 26.5 percent last quarter. Webmail now outstrips… [Continue Reading]