Security News > 2021 > October > 91.5% of malware arrived over encrypted connections during Q2 2021

The latest report from the WatchGuard shows an astonishing 91.5% of malware arriving over encrypted connections during Q2 2021.

This is a dramatic increase over the previous quarter and means that any organization that isn't examining encrypted HTTPS traffic at the perimeter is missing 9/10 of all malware.

A showed up in the top malware section for the first time in Q1 and immediately shot up for this quarter, hitting the list at #2 overall by volume and taking the #1 spot for overall encrypted threats.

In just the first six months of 2021, malware detections originating from scripting engines like PowerShell have already reached 80% of last year's total script-initiated attack volume, which itself represented a substantial increase over the year prior.

At its current rate, 2021 fileless malware detections are on track to double in volume YoY. Network attacks are booming despite the shift to primarily remote workforces.

WatchGuard appliances detected a substantial increase in network attacks, which rose by 22% over the previous quarter and reached the highest volume since early 2018.

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