Email threats become more focused and malware gets harder to detect

guest · Apr 25, 2019

Email threats become more focused and malware gets harder to detect
April 25, 2019
https://betanews.com/2019/04/25/email-threat-focus-detection/

Spam emails containing malware significantly dropped in 2018, to just six percent, down from 26 percent in 2017. But at the same time malware is becoming more sophisticated and harder to detect.
These are among the findings of the latest Global Security Report from Trustwave. The largest single category of malware encountered is downloaders at 13 percent.

Remote access Trojans (RATs) at 10 percent and web shells at eight percent, both of which give attackers extensive control over compromised computers, are the second and third most common types of malware discovered.
The added sophistication shows in that 67 percent of malware analyzed uses obfuscation to help avoid detection, a leap from 30 percent the previous year.

"We are seeing the global threat landscape continue to evolve as cybercriminals deterred by advanced monitoring and detection systems go to extraordinary lengths to breach organizations by wielding new malware variants, zero-day exploits and social engineering savvy. [...]"
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Trustwave: 2019 Trustwave Global Security Report

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