FireEye Spotted Over 500 New Malware Families in 2019

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FireEye Spotted Over 500 New Malware Families in 2019
February 21, 2020
https://www.securityweek.com/fireeye-spotted-over-500-new-malware-families-2019

FireEye analyzed 1.1 million malware samples per day in 2019 and it tracked a total of 1,268 malware families. Of these malware families, more than 500 were not seen before.
While a majority of the new malware impacted either Windows or multiple platforms, the company has still seen tens of new malware families targeting macOS or Linux.

As for the data breaches investigated by Mandiant, the company reported that in 53% of cases a breach was discovered following a notification by an external party and in 47% of cases the intrusion was discovered internally.

According to FireEye, nearly one-third of the attacks Mandiant responded to last year were motivated by direct financial gain, including extortion, payment card theft, ransoms, and illegal transfers. The second most common types of incidents involved data theft in support of espionage or intellectual property.

“There are more active groups now than ever before and we’ve seen an aggressive expansion of their goals. Consequently, it’s crucial for organizations to continue building and testing their defenses.”
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