SonicWall Annual Threat Report Highlights Advances Made by Both Security Professionals and Cyber Criminals

· The volume of unique malware samples declined to 60 million, a 6.25 percent decrease. · Point-of-sale malware creation declined by 93 percent since 2014. · Secure Sockets Layer/Transport Layer Security encrypted traffic increased by 38 percent year-over-year. · Cyber criminals shifted their focus to new threats, including ransomware attacks which grew by 167x year-over-year. …