Cloud Threat Report 2h 2020

Cloud Threat Report 2h 2020

Cloud Threat Report 2h 2020

Unit 42 (the Palo Alto Networks threat intelligence team) released the Unit 42 Cloud Threat Report, 2H 2020, revealing risks to global enterprises adopting cloud workloads.

Key findings

Unit 42 researchers demonstrate the impact of cloud misconfigurations

During a Red Team exercise with a customer, Unit 42 discovered two critical AWS misconfigurations in less than one week that could have led to a multi-million dollar data breach. Palo Alto Networks helped the customer remediate the issue.

Cryptojacking is a growing cloud threat for organizations

23% of organizations globally that maintain cloud infrastructure are affected by cryptojacking (up from 8% in February 2018) — and poorly configured environments are most at risk. Canada, in particular, ranks fourth among the top countries where mining pools are connected to cloud organizations. (Canada only)

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