A piece of Mac scareware appeared in sixth place in WatchGuardвЂ™s top 10 malware list.

Mac malware cracks the top 10 for the first time ever.Also, 20.9% of the top 100,000 websites still do not use web encryption at all. Despite it being deprecated by the Internet Engineering Task Force (SSL 2.0 was deprecated in 2011 and SSL 3.0 in 2015), 5,383 websites in the top 100,000 via Alexa still accept SSL 2.0 and SSL 3.0 encryption. A total 6.8% of the top 100,000 websites still support old, insecure versions of the SSL protocol.The top takeaways from the Q3 2018 report include: The insights, research and security best practices included in WatchGuardвЂ™s quarterly Internet Security Report help organisations of all sizes understand the current cybersecurity landscape and better protect themselves, their partners and customers from emerging security threats. This is a basic security best practices that should be implemented across 99.9% of the Internet by now вЂ“ it puts hundreds of thousands of users at risk.вЂќ вЂњHowever, we are quite concerned at how many major websites are still using the insecure SSL protocol. ItвЂ™s a good reminder that the vast majority of attacks arenвЂ™t ultra-advanced zero days and can be prevented by using a layered security approach with advanced malware detection capabilities and investing in secure Wi-Fi and MFA solutions,вЂќ said Corey Nachreiner, CTO at WatchGuard Technologies. вЂњOutside of a few surprising finds, like Mac scareware in our top ten malware list, we saw attackers stick to what they know in Q3 by reusing and modifying old attacks like cross-site scripting, Mimikatz and cryptominers.

This report is based on data from tens of thousands of active WatchGuard Firebox appliances around the world and covers the major malware campaigns, network attacks and security threats targeting mid-market businesses and distributed enterprises today. The report also found that 6.8% of the worldвЂ™s top 100,000 websites still accept old, insecure versions of the SSL encryption protocol.ДЄlso, WatchGuard saw more malware hits in the Asia Pacific region than in any other geographical region, indicating a significant increase in malware targeting that region throughout 2018. WatchGuard Technologies, a leader in advanced network security solutions, has issued its quarterly Internet Security Report for Q3 2018.ДЇor the first time ever, Mac-based malware appeared on WatchGuardвЂ™s list of the top 10 most common types of malware.

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