Zscaler ThreatLabz Finds a 400% Increase in IoT and OT Malware Attacks Year-over-Year, Underscoring Need for Better Zero Trust Security to Protect Critical Infrastructures -October 24, 2023 at 03:01 am EDT

A report by Zscaler, a cloud security leader, reveals a 400% increase in malware attacks on IoT devices in 2023, mainly against the manufacturing and education sectors, and largely targeting the US and Mexico. The report attributes this to proliferating IoT device usage coupled with lax security, offering recommendations such as never trusting, always verifying, and assuming a breach. The study also noted increasing botnet activity and vulnerability to legacy deficiencies.