Phishing and browser-based attacks are the top delivery vectors of endpoint security compromises in 2019, according to a global survey on endpoint risks and protections. By analyzing the most common types of attack delivery vectors, defensive teams can block attacks early.
For the affected endpoints, what was the attack's delivery vector?
Characteristic
Share of respondents
Social engineering of end user (phishing)
57.8%
Browser-based (drive-by downloads from the web to the endpoint)
51.8%
Credential theft or compromise
48.2%
Exploitation of known vulnerability (has published CVE)
34.9%
Infected or malicious USB
24.1%
Compromised apps on the endpoint
20.5%
Fileless attack method
15.7%
Exploitation of zero-day vulnerability (no published CVE)
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