Cybersecurity

Malware found on 45 percent of home office networks

Enterprise users are far more likely to have malware on their home office networks compared to corporate networks, according to new research by BitSight.

The security vendor Tuesday released a report, titled "Identifying Unique Risks of Work From Home Remote Office Networks," that determined 45% of companies had malware on their corporate-associated home networks, whereas only 13.3% of companies had malware on their corporate networks.

The vendor analyzed more than 41,000 organizations and studied what it called "work from home-remote office (WFH-RO) networks." BitSight researchers conducted the study by creating asset maps of WFH-RO IP addresses associated with each organization.