Only 6.8%

Cloudflare, the content delivery and cyber security company, has done a study and determined that 7% of internet traffic is, "Malicious."

I'm surprised that it is that low. 

My guess is that this number does not involve scams like cryptocurrency.

In its latest State of Application Security Report, Cloudflare paints a sobering picture of the internet's threat landscape in 2024. How sobering? Try 6.8% of internet traffic is malicious, up a percentage point from last year's study.

What's driving this increase in threats? Cloudflare, the content delivery network and security services company, thinks the rise is due to wars and elections. For example, many attacks against Western-interest websites are coming from pro-Russian hacktivist groups such as REvil, KillNet, and Anonymous Sudan.

What's particularly alarming is the speed at which new vulnerabilities are exploited. In one case, attackers attempted to exploit a JetBrains TeamCity DevOps authentication bypass a mere 22 minutes after the proof-of-concept code was published. That speed is faster than most organizations can read the security advisory, let alone patch their systems. 

Here's an idea.  Hold software vendors liable for selling us insecure pieces of sh%$.

Security is not a priority because there is no money in that.