Security News > 2020 > September > New Report Explains COVID-19's Impact on Cyber Security
The report states that the percentage of attacks using new techniques has historically been around 20%. That is, 80% of attacks have used well-known techniques that are easily identified, assuming companies have updated preventative measures in place.
Since the Covid-19 pandemic, Cynet found that new attacks jumped to roughly 35% of all attacks.
New attack techniques cannot be sufficiently detected by antivirus software alone and can only be effectively discovered using newer behavioral detection mechanisms.
Beyond using advanced detection and response mechanisms, deep cybersecurity skills are required to detect and mitigate the sharp rise in the new attack techniques deployed during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Regardless of the security stack you have deployed, be wary of new malware attacks.
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