Evasive malware increasing, evading signature-based antivirus solutions

2020-03-26 06:00

Evasive malware has grown to record high levels, with over two-thirds of malware detected by WatchGuard in Q4 2019 evading signature-based antivirus solutions.

Companies of all sizes need to deploy advanced anti-malware solutions that can detect and block these attacks.

It downloads several other types of malware onto victims' systems, including a keylogger named Agent Tesla that was used in phishing attacks in February 2020 that preyed on early fears of the coronavirus outbreak.

SQL injection attacks became the top network attack in 2019 - SQL injection attacks rose an enormous 8000% in total between 2018 and 2019, becoming the most common network attack of the year by a significant margin.

Hackers increasingly using automated malware distribution - Many attacks hit 70 to 80 percent of all Fireboxes in a single country, suggesting attackers are automating their attacks more frequently.

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