WatchGuard Threat Lab, in 2023 He provided information about malware attacks in Turkey. Although it is stated that 115 attacks occur every hour, a significant portion of these attacks are “Gene. variantIt was run with malware called “.

UYM device to WatchGuard Threat Center According to fire source data The report states that in 2023 there will be 2,754 malware attacks every day in our country, 115 per hour and 2 malware attacks per minute. The total number of attacks has reached 1 million.

There are 2,754 attacks per day

WatchGuard Türkiye and Greece Country Manager Yusuf Evmezstated that the majority of attacks were malware coming from Gen:Variant.Lazy.282231 and Adware.Generic.3106131. On the other hand, the number of these attacks decreased by 1.32% compared to the previous year.

in 2023 in April There was a significant increase in the number of malicious attacks. Number of malicious attacks this month 203,583 happened. 6% of these attacks were zero-day attacks. Yusuf Evmez stated that traditional protection methods cannot provide sufficient defense against these attacks.

Network attacks increased by 308%

While many institutions are moving their data to networks, attackers are also carrying out their attacks. aimed at infiltrating networks in case of. These attacks have increased by 308% in 2023. Although a total of 42,520 attacks were carried out, the majority of these attacks were “WEB Directory Traversal -2.u” was performed as.

WatchGuard Sales Engineer Türkiye and Greece Alper Onarangil, “Security vulnerabilities that emerged in many widely used products in 2023 caused a significant increase in attacks on services and applications due to the lack of security patches. Looking at the details of these attacks, even though it is an old attack, brute force attacks It still appears to be one of the 10 most common attacks. To reduce the effects of attacks, reduce the attack surface is crucial. Therefore, it is important to use centralized patch management software to ensure timely patches are applied against security vulnerabilities in operating systems and applications. These patches should be installed automatically, without leaving it up to the user’s initiative. For safety, protection of passwords and login details It is also among the critical issues. Multi-factor authentication, one of the most effective methods to protect against attacks that can occur after brute force attacks or password theft, plays an important role in reducing information security risks by increasing security.” he said.