Trojans, Backdoors and Droppers: The Most-Analyzed Malware

guest · Jul 2, 2020

Trojans, Backdoors and Droppers: The Most-Analyzed Malware
Even so, backdoors and droppers are rare in the wild
July 2, 2020
https://threatpost.com/trojans-backdoors-droppers-most-analyzed-malware/157134/

Trojans, backdoors and droppers, oh my: These are the top three malware types being analyzed by threat intelligence teams, according to statistics out on Thursday.

According to anonymized statistics from requests to the Kaspersky Threat Intelligence Portal, almost three quarters (72 percent) of the analyzed malicious files fell into those three categories. The portal is a resource where users can submit a hash, IP address, domain or URL to find out whether it’s malicious.

“To develop response and remediation measures, security analysts need to identify the target of attack, the origin of a malicious object, its popularity etc.”
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These do not, however, line up with the most common types of malware in circulation today.

“Trojans are usually the most widespread type of malware,” said the firm. “However, backdoors and trojan-droppers are not as common, only making up 7 percent and 3 percent of all malicious files blocked by Kaspersky endpoint products.”
This difference between analyst interest and threat prevalence can be explained by the fact that researchers are often interested in the final target of the attack, while endpoint protection products are seeking to prevent it at an early stage, noted Kaspersky.
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Kaspersky: Trojans, backdoors and droppers top the list of most-searched malware according to Kaspersky security analysts

According to anonymized statistics from free requests to the Kaspersky Threat Intelligence Portal, almost three quarters (72%) of the analyzed malicious files fell into three categories: Trojans, Backdoors and Droppers. These statistics highlight that the types of malware that researchers most frequently investigate do not coincide with those that are the most common.
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