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Page 1: Annual Threat Report - Amazon Web Services€¦ · SonicWall Annual Threat Report was gathered by the SonicWall Global Response Intelligence Defense (GRID) Threat Network, which sources

2017 Annual Threat Report

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Countries and territories 

Data for the 2017 SonicWall Annual Threat Report was gathered by the SonicWall Global Response Intelligence Defense (GRID) Threat Network, which sources information from global devices and resources.

SonicWall GRID Threat Network

1.0M+Sensors

100K+Malicious events analyzed daily

< 24 Hr.Response to 0‐day vulnerabilities

100K+ Malware samplescollected daily

24x7x365Monitoring

200+Countries and territories 

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Security Industry Advances

Threat Report Key Findings 

Android Malware

IoT DDoS Attacks

RansomwarePoint‐of‐Sale  

Malware Decline

Exploit Kit Decline

Cyber Criminal Advances

SSL/TLS Encrypted Malware

Unique Malware Sample Decline

SSL/TLSEncryption

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SSL/TLS Encryption

SECURITY INDUSTRY ADVANCES

Exploit Kit Decline

Point‐of‐Sale Malware Decline

Unique Malware Sample Decline

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‐88% ‐93%

Since 2015

Since 2014POS Malware 

Variants DECREASE

POS Malware Decline

149

Year‐Over‐Year

1POS Malware SIGNATURE FAMILIES CREATEDDECREASED

2014 2015 2016

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SSL/TLS Encryption

2015 2016

trillion 5.3

trillion 7.3

SSL/TLS Total Web Connections 

GROWTH   38%

2015 2016

trillion 88

trillion 118

GROWTH*    43%

2017

trillion 126

Cloud Application Total Usage 

*since 2015

SSL/TLS‐encrypted traffic grew by 38 percent, partly in response to growing cloud app adoption

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SSL/TLS Encryption

of web connections were SSL/TLS‐encrypted

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

HTTP HTTPS8

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

Web

 Con

nections in

 Billions

2015 2016

Global HTTPS vs. HTTP Web Connections

62%

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Exploit kits

Fall of dominant exploit kits Angler, Nuclear 

and Neutrino left a void that smaller exploit kit variants evolved to fill

Angler, Nuclear and Neutrino

Rig

Takedown of dominant exploit kit families due in part to law enforcement efforts

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Unique Malware Sample Decline

VOLUMEof unique malware samples 

Total malware attack ATTEMPTS

2015 2016

8.19B7.87B

2015 2016

64M 60M

6.25% Decrease

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CYBER CRIMINAL ADVANCES

Android Malware

IoT DDoS Attacks

Ransomware SSL/TLS Encrypted Malware

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Ransomware Ransomware is the payload of choice for malicious email campaigns and exploit kits

30.9136.7

204.2266.5

Q1CY16 Q2CY16 Q3CY16 Q4CY16

Quarterly Growth in Millions

Year‐Over‐Year Growth

167x Year‐Over‐Year 

Increase

Growth in Ransomware Attacks

2014 2015 2016

3.2 million

3.8 million

million638

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U.K. companies were almost 

3x as likely as U.S. companies 

to be targeted with ransomware

Ransomware Second‐most deployed 

ransomware in 2016

PETYA32 million Most deployed 

ransomware in 2016

LOCKY500 million+ U.S. companies

experienced the greatest number of ransomware attacks

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IoT DDoS Attacks

IoT devices were compromised on a massive scale due to poorly designed security features, making way for DDoS attacks

Top 3 countries targeted by DDoS attacks in November during the height of the Mirai botnet surge

U.S.A.

70%

BRAZIL 

14%

INDIA 

10%

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Android Malware Android devices saw increased security protections but remained vulnerable to overlay attacks

Top Android Malware Attack Techniques in 2016

Screen Overlays

DressCode

HummingBad

Metasploit

Self‐installing Apps

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