Palo Alto Networks Shines Spotlight on Malware Attack Vectors in Key Industries

High-risk industries include education, high tech and healthcare

Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Thursday, December 11th 2014 [ME NewsWire]
Palo Alto Networks® (NYSE: PANW), the leader in enterprise security, today unveiled new analysis of malware trends affecting thousands of organizations in major industries throughout the Middle East. 
Saeed Agha, General Manager, Middle East at Palo Alto Networks shared that among the findings, which were released today as part of the new Unit 42 Threat Landscape Review, is the persistence of the Kuluoz or Asprox malware family, which accounted for a majority of malware attack sessions affecting industries as varied as healthcare, retail and financial services.
The Unit 42 Threat Landscape Review is a recurring report examining how organizations in different industries are affected by malware. Research was performed by Unit 42, the Palo Alto Networks threat intelligence team, and included data from WildFire™, which is a key component of the Palo Alto Networks threat intelligence cloud that helps identify threats from applications by executing them in a virtual environment.
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"The trends we observe in the Threat Landscape Review indicate that malware attacks against industries such as finance, healthcare and critical infrastructure occur over similar channels but in significantly different proportions. It is essential that information security practitioners, from management to governance to enablement and execution, stay current on trends and malware distribution patterns and take a prevention-centric approach to securing their organizations."
– Saeed Agha, General Manager, Middle East at Palo Alto Networks
Among the key findings from the Fall 2014 Threat Landscape Review:
All verticals saw e-mail (SMTP) and HTTP as the primary channels for malware delivery, but the percentages for each industry vary significantly, indicating that these industries have different threat profiles. Retail and wholesale organizations received almost 28 percent over the web channel, while hospitality organizations received just two percent over the same channel. Organizations need visibility into the types of traffic traversing their networks so they can quickly identify and prevent threats.
For more details, the full report or images: http://tiny.cc/PAN-Unit42
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