The results revealed: 7x more blocks among Allot Secure subscribers at Tier-1 CSPs

Attacks continue to skyrocket. The trend continues.

Allot’s security researchers explored the threats and trends from CSPs running Allot Secure in Q2 2022.

In the second quarter of 2022, CSPs using Allot Secure blocked malicious sites over 3.4 billion times. This is a significant increase from the previous quarter’s 2.33 billion blocks.

There were 45% more blocking events in the second quarter of 2022, compared to the previous quarter, and a whopping 6.8x increase from the same period last year (Q2 2021).

In the past few months, we’ve seen attacks targeting home and business routers, and mobile devices, a rise in banking trojans, and gaming scams.

In our latest Cyber Threat Report, I dived into the data to explore the changing threat landscape.

Check it out yourself.

• • The report itself – Get the complete PDF and all of the analysis here
  • Webinar – Watch the analysis of the data and hear the discussion with Aaron Martin Olivares, Allot data analyst, and Ed Amoroso, CEO of TAG Cyber, moderated by Michael Schacter, Allot’s Director of Product Marketing
  • Podcast – Listen to the discussion of what the data means for CSPs with Aaron Martin Olivares, Allot data analyst, and Avi Hein, Product Marketing Manager for Allot Secure.

Understand the threat data of subscribers to CSPs that protect their subscribers with Allot Secure.

A few key takeaways:

• Threats continue to rise. While specific threats may ebb and flow, there are more threats than last quarter and they continue to rise.
• The threat landscape is fluid. While both URLs and viruses were blocked at an ever-increasing pace, there were some changes this quarter. Adware, bitcoin trojans, malware, ransomware, and spyware all rose, while hacking blocks fell slightly. But don’t get complacent – Q2 2022 still saw over 111 million hacking blocks.
• Your network is the front door for home and business accounts. In particular, we saw the revelation of router-based attacks with the revelation of ZuoRAT. Your router is a potential attack vector and is the front door for many kinds of attacks

In addition, for the first time, confused about a particular threat? (After all, CSP marketers are not security experts). Check out our new Threat Glossary. Let us know if there are any terms you want to see in the next report.