Cryptomining impacts 69 percent of organizations

In a new report into DNS security, Cisco Umbrella, which processes 620 billion DNS requests daily, finds that from January to December 2020 cryptomining generated the most DNS traffic out of any individual threat category with 69 percent of organizations discovering cryptomining connections. In addition nearly 90 percent of organizations had at least one user attempt to connect to a phishing site, peaking drastically in the second half of the year. "It's not surprising that cryptomining generated the most DNS traffic out of any individual category. While cryptomining is often favored by bad actors for low-key revenue generation, it’s relatively noisy on… [Continue Reading]