Insights into Malicious Traffic 5.1 Vulnerability Exploitation Here we classify vulnerabilities into server vulnerabilities desktop application vulnerabilities device vulnerabilities (mais…)
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4.2 Significant Increase in Device Vulnerabilities In the past few years, vulnerabilities associated with network devices have grown rapidly. This is because more network enabled devices of more diverse types are connecting to the network. The threat increases as device vendors do not take security seriously and are remiss in...
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Insights into Vulnerabilities 4.1 Overall Trend The National Vulnerability Database had recorded 15,800 CVE vulnerabilities for 2018, including 4096 high-risk ones. Compared with 2017, the total number of vulnerabilities found in 2018 increased 8.2%, while the number of high-risk ones dropped by 4.8%. Although the number of vulnerabilities increased steadily,...
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3.3 Recidivists "Recidivists" here refer to attack sources found to repeatedly engage in malicious activities. In the 2018 H1 Cybersecurity Insights, we pointed out that 25% of recidivists were responsible for 40% of attack events24. Considering the quantity and level of threat, these attackers should not be underestimated. By the...
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Overall Cybersecurity Situation 3.1 Attack Type Distribution Based on attack type13, DDoS contained the largest proportion of malicious IP addresses; more than half were involved in DDoS attacks. Other types of attacks that malicious IP addresses participated in included botnets, scanning, and spam. (mais…)
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Key Findings Finding 1 The interval between disclosure of a vulnerability and successful exploitation of this vulnerability was shortened to hours, posing the greatest challenge to traditional security operations. (mais…)
