According to the Damballa Q2 State of Infections Report 18.5% of enterprise computers are "actively" communicated with criminals, while the past 18 months have seen a "dramatic" rise in ransomware.
When it comes to the numbers of infected machines, Dumballa says there is no correlation between size of enterprise and proportion of infected machines-- an enterprise with over 200000 machines might have a few infections, while a company with less than 600 devices may have a disproportionate amount of infection. In other words, company policies determine network cleanliness.
As for ransomware, Damballa reports a "sharp rise" in Kovter Ransomware infections, a form of police ransomware fraud first detected in 2013. June saw a peak in infections at 43713 known infected devices on a single day, and month-over-month daily infections increased by 153% in May and 52% in June.
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