Proofpoint Q4 2019 Threat Report and Year in Review — The Year of the RAT Ends with More of the Same

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Proofpoint Q4 2019 Threat Report and Year in Review — The Year of the RAT Ends with More of the Same
February 14, 2020
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Every day, Proofpoint analyzes more than 5 billion email messages, hundreds of millions of social media posts, and more than 250 million malware samples as part of the company’s ongoing effort to protect organizations around the world from advanced and persistent threats.

This report highlights the threats, trends, and key takeaways of threats Proofpoint’s research organization observes within its large customer base and the context of the broader threat landscape. It provides actionable intelligence organizations can use to combat today’s attacks better, anticipate emerging threats, and manage security awareness.
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Key Takeaways: Emotet dominates while bankers, downloaders, and RATs continue to appear at scale

Emotet made up 37% of all malicious payloads in 2019; in Q4, it appeared in 31% of all malicious messages

For the full year, RATs made up almost 5% of malicious payloads, but in Q4, that number was over 9%, led by large SDBbot campaigns distributed consistently by TA505.

Ransomware continued to make up a tiny fraction of primary malicious payloads in email. Around 0.1% of malicious messages carried ransomware for both Q4 and the year as a whole, led by Gandcrab early in 2019 before the operators shut it down, to be succeeded by occasional Maze, FTCode, and Sodinokibi campaigns in Q4.

The trend favoring URLs instead of attachments in email continued throughout 2019, with 85% of malicious emails using links to distribute malware, vs 75% for 2018.

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