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STUDY CONFIRMS IOT DEVICES ARE SOURCE OF SECURITY COMPROMISE
A study from Zscaler reveals a 700 % increase in IoT-specific malware and reports most IoT attacks originated in China , the United States and India .
Zscaler , a leader in cloud security , has released a new study examining the state of IoT devices left on corporate networks during a time when businesses were forced to move to a remote working environment .
The new report , IoT in the Enterprise : Empty Office Edition , analyzed over 575 million device transactions and 300,000 IoT-specific malware attacks blocked by Zscaler over the course of two weeks in December 2020 – a 700 % increase when compared to prepandemic findings .
These attacks targeted 553 different device types , including printers , digital signage and smart TVs , all connected to and communicating with corporate IT networks while many employees were working remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic .
Our service teams noted that despite a lack of employees , enterprise networks were still buzzing with IoT activity .
responsible for the majority of malicious traffic to better help enterprises protect their valuable data .
“ For more than a year , most corporate offices have stood mostly abandoned as employees continued to work remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic . However , our service teams noted that despite a lack of employees , enterprise networks were still buzzing with IoT activity ,” said Deepen Desai , CISO of Zscaler .
The Zscaler ThreatLabz research team identified the most vulnerable IoT devices , most common attack origins and destinations , and the malware families
“ The volume and variety of IoT devices connected to corporate networks is vast and includes everything from musical lamps to IP cameras . Our team saw 76 %
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