New threat report reveals true dominance of ransomware

Elastic’s Global Threat Report shows ransomware is increasing and diversifying, and Linux systems saw more than half of all malware infections. The report also highlights the increasing sophistication of security evasion techniques and recommends enterprises invest in a broader low-level visibility to detect new threats. The study emphasises monitoring for common credential abuse attempts as organisations continue to move resources onto the cloud, and encourages the implementation of existing security features provided by cloud services to reduce risk.