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Layered security becomes critical as malware attacks rise – Help Net Security

Despite an 8% decrease in overall malware detections in Q2 2020, 70% of all attacks involved zero day malware, according to WatchGuard.

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Despite an 8% decrease in overall malware detections in Q2 2020, 70% of all attacks involved zero day malware – variants that circumvent antivirus signatures, which represents a 12% increase over the previous quarter, WatchGuard found.
Malware detections during Q2 2020
Attackers are continuing to leverage evasive and encrypted threats. Zero day malware made up more than two-thirds of the total detections in Q2, while attacks sent over encrypted HTTPS connections accounted for 34%. This means t…

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