Seqrite detects 50 million cyber threats during H2 2018

PUNE: Endpoint security provide Seqrite said that it had detected close to 50 million cyber threats during the second half of 2018. Cryptojacking malware was among the most prominent threats with over 15,000 hits detected every day as per the Seqrite Threat Report H2 2018. Seqrite is the enterprise arm of Quick Heal Technologies. During the period, Seqrite detected close to 50 million threats targeting enterprises– or around 186 detections every minute. These detections included known and unknown threats such as cryptojacking, ransomware, trojans, exploits, worms, infectors, potentially unwanted applications (PUAs), and adware. The IT/ITeS industry had the maximum malware detections at 27%, followed by professional services (24.43%) and manufacturing (17.70%).