Cloud App Adoption: OneDrive is the most popular app among users in manufacturing, followed by Google Drive and Gmail, which are more popular among users in manufacturing than in other industries. Manufacturing lags behind other industries in terms of cloud adoption on average, but is catching up as more users are adopting cloud apps.
Cloud App Abuse: Attackers are increasingly abusing cloud apps as a malware delivery channel in manufacturing, where cloud-delivered malware increased from 32% to 66% in the past twelve months, led by malware downloads from popular apps, including Microsoft OneDrive, Sharepoint, and GitHub.
Malware & Ransomware: The most common types of malware blocked by Netskope in manufacturing were Trojans, followed by file-based exploits, and downloaders. Emotet, AgentTesla, and BlackBasta were among the top malware and ransomware families targeting manufacturing in the past twelve months.