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2020 in terms of both the quantity and sophistication of intrusions from both e-criminals and nation states , making it the second most targeted vertical observed by OverWatch . Healthcare and food and beverage also saw increased targeting , suggesting that adversaries have adjusted their targets to the shifting economic conditions resulting from the pandemic , focusing on industries made vulnerable by complex operating environments that experienced sudden changes in demand .

• China continues its aim at telecommunications companies : The telecommunications industry continues to be a popular target for the nationstates , specifically China . OverWatch observed six different China-based actors , whose motivations are likely associated with espionage and data theft objectives , conducting campaigns against telecommunications companies in the first half of the year .

• CrowdStrike OverWatch comprises an elite team of cross-disciplinary specialists that provide deep and continuous human analysis on a 24 / 7 basis to relentlessly hunt for anomalous activity designed to evade other detection techniques . OverWatch harnesses the massive power of the CrowdStrike Threat Graph enriched with CrowdStrike threat intelligence , to track , investigate and advise on sophisticated threat activity . The cloud-scale telemetry of over 3 trillion endpoint-related events collected per week coupled with the detailed tradecraft on 140 adversary groups , provides OverWatch the unrivalled ability to quickly identify and stop the most advanced threats .

Looking forward to the remainder of 2020 , OverWatch expects to see the continued brazen tactics of cybercriminals as they innovate and mature their processes to evade detection technologies and maximize their impact .

To protect their data , organizations must implement a solution that secures a distributed workforce , is device-agnostic and is scalable .

OverWatch ’ s skilled threat hunting with the robust data gathered by the Falcon platform provides users a transformative solution delivered via a single lightweight agent that is easily deployable regardless of an end-user ’ s location , establishing a new standard in endpoint security . •

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