08-26-2020 , 11:19 PM
https://www.avira.com/en/blog/cybersecur...w-19101225 Cybersecurity threats in 2020: Insights from Avira’s Malware Threat Report
26 August 2020 by Vera Iurcu Avira’s Malware Threat Report for the first quarter of 2020 revealed an increase in phishing and spam campaigns, as well as Emotet-related attacks. Cybercriminals took advantage of the troubled global situation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic to spread malware in the form of trojans, worms, and file infectors.
The latest midyear report, which you can read in full here, provides an in-depth analysis of more sophisticated attacks, such as Portable Executable (PE) threats. The second quarter of 2020 brought back some old attack schemes, such as macro malware, but in a more elaborate form. In addition, there was also an increase in script-based attacks. The most common threat is adware, followed by HTML script-based attacks, and Microsoft Office macro malware. Other categories include exploits (files that exploit vulnerabilities present in the targeted system or specific applications installed on it) and PUA.
26 August 2020 by Vera Iurcu Avira’s Malware Threat Report for the first quarter of 2020 revealed an increase in phishing and spam campaigns, as well as Emotet-related attacks. Cybercriminals took advantage of the troubled global situation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic to spread malware in the form of trojans, worms, and file infectors.
The latest midyear report, which you can read in full here, provides an in-depth analysis of more sophisticated attacks, such as Portable Executable (PE) threats. The second quarter of 2020 brought back some old attack schemes, such as macro malware, but in a more elaborate form. In addition, there was also an increase in script-based attacks. The most common threat is adware, followed by HTML script-based attacks, and Microsoft Office macro malware. Other categories include exploits (files that exploit vulnerabilities present in the targeted system or specific applications installed on it) and PUA.