There is a new Threat Spotlight released by Barracuda
Networks. One of the biggest trends in 2019 (where threats against businesses
of all sizes are concerned) now takes the form of poisoned documents attached
to emails. With this threat in hand, it is critical that businesses get in
touch with their IT
consultant to steer clear of these threats.
The company analyzed more than 300,000 email samples
collected over the past twelve months.
They discovered that the frequency of document-based malware
attacks increased markedly during the first quarter of 2019, with nearly sixty
percent of poisoned files taking the form of documents. This rapid increase
signals the need for businesses to reach out to their IT consultant Myrtle
Beach.
As Jonathan Tanner of Barracuda Networks put it:
"For the past couple of years, script files were a very
popular attack method. The percentage of
these sort of files declined drastically, however, and was a significant source
of the increase of documents as an infection method...
Documents are a natural evolution from script files, since
the languages used are also the ones used for documents - namely VBScript and JavaScript. The same attacks could be converted to the
document-based ones with only slight modifications. The script authors had already become very
adept at obfuscation techniques, so these could contribute greatly to
document-based malware where scripting is already more common and thus deeper
inspection of the script itself is required."
The good news is that most antivirus software is quite good
at detecting malicious files, making it easier to preserve information
security. Of course, the weakest
link in the equation isn't detection software, its users. In light of the evolving threat, education is
more important than ever. Although to date, the majority of employees have been
stubbornly resistant to educational measures designed to reduce the rate at
which employees will click on and open documents received from un-trusted or
even unknown sources.
As a business owner, that will likely be one of your great
challenges in the year ahead. The more
wary you can make your employees about opening files from people they don't
know, the safer your network is bound to be.
Get in touch with SpartanTec, Inc. for more information.
SpartanTec, Inc.
Columbia, SC 29201
(803) 408-7166
http://manageditservicescolumbia.com/
cities served:
Columbia, West Columbia, Cayce, St Andrews, Lexington, Oak Grove
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