Cato Networks SASE Threat Research Report H2/2022

The Cato Networks SASE Threat Research Report highlights cyber threats and trends based on more than 1.3 trillion network flows that passed through Cato SASE Cloud during the second half of 2022. The convergence of networking and security provides unique visibility into both enterprise network usage as well as into malicious activity — like the hostile network scans, exploitation attempts, and malware communication to C&C servers — occurring across enterprise networks.

The report provides insight and a behind-the-scenes look into how Cato Networks analyzes and identifies new threats. It also highlights important breach reports and cybersecurity news from the past quarter.

• Cato Networks analyzed 1.3T flows in H2, 2022 and more than 2.1T network flows in 2022, representing an increase of over 100% Y/Y
• While crypto mining attempts have gone down in the second half of 2022, consumer applications usage such as Mega, Spotify, TikTok and others continues to rise on enterprise networks
• A year after its discovery, Log4j continues to be the most popular vulnerability threat actors attempt to exploit