FINAL WORD
and education sectors comprised more than 50% of
the total.
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Malware. New malware samples rebounded in
Q1 to 32 million. The total number of malware
samples increased 22% in the past four quarters to
670 million known samples. New malware counts
rebounded to the quarterly average seen during the
past four years.
Mobile malware. Mobile malware reports from Asia
doubled in Q1, contributing to a 57% increase
in global infection rates. Total mobile malware
grew 79% in the past four quarters to 16.7 million
samples. The largest contributor to this growth was
Android/SMSreg, a potentially unwanted program
detection from India.
Mac OS malware. During the past three quarters,
new Mac OS malware has been boosted by a glut of
adware. Although still small compared with Windows
threats, the total number of Mac OS malware
samples grew 53% in Q1.
Ransomware. New ransomware samples rebounded
in Q1 primarily due to Congur ransomware attacks on
Android OS devices. The number of total ransomware
samples grew 59% in the past four quarters to 9.6
million known samples.
Spam botnets. In April, the mastermind behind
the Kelihos botnet was arrested in Spain. Kelihos
was responsible over many years for millions of
spam messages that carried banking malware
and ransomware. The US Department of Justice
acknowledged international cooperation between
United States and foreign authorities, the Shadow
Server Foundation and industry vendors. ¡
Mohamad Rizk, Manager System Engineers,
Middle East at Veeam
THIS QUARTER’S REPORT REMINDS US THAT
EVASION HAS EVOLVED FROM TRYING TO HIDE
SIMPLE THREATS EXECUTING ON A SINGLE
BOX, TO THE HIDING OF COMPLEX THREATS
TARGETING ENTERPRISE ENVIRONMENTS
OVER AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME, TO
ENTIRELY NEW PARADIGMS, SUCH AS EVASION
TECHNIQUES DESIGNED FOR MACHINE LEARNING
BASED PROTECTION.
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