Fileless attacks are on the rise and are predicted to comprise 35 percent of all attacks next year, according to the Ponemon Institute.
A new national survey conducted by Barkly and the Ponemon Institute titled “2017 State of Endpoint Security Risk,” released on Wednesday, suggests that this method of cyberattack is becoming more popular — and traditional antivirus solutions are doing little to stop the trend.
After surveying 665 IT security professionals in the enterprise, the organizations discovered that faith in traditional file-scanning and antivirus software has become ashes in the wake of new, more innovative methods of compromising PCs and computer networks.
