Security News > 2020 > August > New attack vectors make securing virtual companies even more challenging

As organizations are settling into long-term remote working, new attack vectors for opportunistic cyberattackers-and new challenges for network administrators have been introduced, Nuspire reveals.

There was an increase in both botnet and exploit activity over the course of Q2 2020 by 29% and 13% respectively-that's more than 17,000 botnet and 187,000 exploit attacks a day.

Home routers typically are not monitored by IT teams therefore have become a viable attack method that avoids detection while infiltrating corporate networks.

There was a significant spike in exploit attempts against Shellshock, an exploit discovered in 2014, demonstrating that attackers attempt to exploit old vulnerabilities to catch old operating systems and unpatched systems.

This attack vector is increasingly dangerous, especially when remote employees disconnect from their VPN. DoublePulsar, the exploit developed by the NSA, continues to dominate the exploit chart, consisting of 72% of all exploit attempts witnessed at Nuspire.

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