2016 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR): Insights from Unit 42
Summary: Palo Alto Networks contributed data from its AutoFocus threat intelligence service to Verizon's ninth annual Data Breach Investigations Report, covering over 38 million sessions and more than 2.7 million unique malware samples. The report concluded that 99% of malware hashes are seen for 58 seconds or less, and it noted a 76% drop over five years in the average price per payment card record, which the authors read as a possible shift by criminals from card fraud toward ransomware.
What's compelling: If 99% of malware hashes live 58 seconds or less, protections that update on a slower cycle are effectively blind to most of what is thrown at them. And a 76% collapse in card-data prices shows criminal business models repricing fast - the same actors can redirect that effort to holding your machines for ransom.
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