MRG Effitas 360 Degree Assessment & Certification - Q2 2021 https://www.mrg-effitas.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/MRG_Effitas_360_Q2_2021.pdf
Because of the color scheme, one's very first impression could be that Trend Micro missed about 66% of the samples when the real deal is more like 12% because of the graph's scaling. A little disappointed by the presentation of the results. It differed a bit from the prev. Spoiler: q12021
Almost every bar graph since the beginning of them have been presented in a misleading way. Starting that one at 80% gives the wrong impression unless you are paying attention and catch it. As a matter of fact had you not pointed it out in this case I likely would not have looked closely enough to have noticed it myself.
I put the first quarter's results under the snip. In that result, the scaling started at 60% so there didn't seem as much exaggeration of the differences between the products. It's relatively easy to manipulate one's perceptions when you're deploying a bar-graph together with certain color combinations (red-green).
What I noticed is that Win Defender and Malwarebytes are still pretty bad in blocking exploits. A bit weird since MBAE has been integrated into Malwarebytes and I suppose WD was using the cloud and perhaps also ASR rules. Also weird that Sophos Intercept X couldn't block the banking trojan simulator and Malwarebytes missed a couple of ransomware samples. Well, I haven't got a problem with this, especially because MRG Effitas is one of the few testing companies that give so much details about how they test stuff, I have to applaud them for this.
