Endpoint Antivirus Detection Has Reached its Apex

Endpoint security is a term used to describe cybersecurity services provided to network endpoints, it included providing  Antivirus, email filtering, online filtering, and firewall services. Businesses rely on endpoint security to protect vital systems, intellectual property, customer details, employees, and visitors from ransomware, phishing, malware, and other threats. 

“While the total volume of cyberattacks decreased slightly, malware per device increased for the first period since the pandemic began,” said Corey Nachreiner, CSO at WatchGuard. “Zero-day malware increased by only 3% to 67.2 percent in Q3 2021, and malware delivered via Transport Layer Security (TLS) increased from 31.6 percent to 47 percent.” 

As consumers update to newer versions of Microsoft Windows and Office, cybercriminals are focused on fresh vulnerabilities — versions of Microsoft’s widely used programs. CVE-2018-0802, which exploits a weakness in Microsoft Office’s Equation Editor, cracked WatchGuard’s top 10 entryway antivirus malware list in Q3, reaching number 6 after appearing on the widespread malware list.

In addition, two Windows software injectors (Win32/Heim.D and Win32/Heri) ranked first and sixth, on the most detected list. In Q3, the Americans were the focus of 64.5 percent of network attacks, compared to 15.5 percent for Europe and 15.5 percent for APAC (20 percent ). 

Following three-quarters of more than 20% increase

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