3 Malware Trends to Watch Out for in 2020

guest · Feb 7, 2020

3 Malware Trends to Watch Out for in 2020
February 6, 2020
https://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/security-data-protection/3-malware-trends/

Malware closed out 2019 on a strong note. According to AV-TEST, malware authors’ efforts throughout the year helped push the total number of known malware above one billion samples. This development wouldn’t have been possible without the vigor exhibited by malware authors in the fall of 2019.

AV-TEST’s findings paint a picture of a threat landscape flooded with malware. While threat actors can use these samples to get up to trouble in any old way, it’s likely that more and more criminals will flock to certain channels rather than others over the coming year. Here are three such trends that organizations should keep an eye on in 2020.
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1. Fileless Attacks Will Continue to Become More Commonplace
We have two main reasons to anticipate that fileless malware attacks will become more commonplace in 2020. First, the security community observed an increase in fileless attacks over the previous year. Trend Micro noted in September 2019 that detections of fileless attacks across H1 2019 had increased by 265 percent over the previous year, for instance.
2. More Ransomware Families Will Begin Doxing Victims
Ransomware is bad enough when it encrypts a victim’s data and demands a ransom payment in exchange for the decryption key. Not all ransomware families stop there, however. Some families have specifically begun punishing users who don’t fulfill their ransom demands.
3. Persistent Security Threats for the Upcoming U.S. Election
Infosec professionals and election security officials alike are concerned about the security of the 2020 U.S. presidential election. As reported by TechCrunch, Valimail examined the largest three electoral districts in each U.S. state to evaluate their defenses against email spoofing attacks. The digital security solutions provider found that admins had protected just 10 of the 187 election-related domains with DMARC, a protocol useful for validating a sender’s authenticity.
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