Security News > 2020 > May > How to protect your organization against the latest malware threats
A report released Wednesday by Nuspire describes some of the latest malware threats and offers tips on how to defend against them.
For the first quarter, Nuspire detected more than 2.4 million pieces of malware with more than 1,200 unique variants.
Though the overall volume of malware actually dropped from the fourth quarter of 2019, the level rose by 7% during the first quarter as the coronavirus took hold.
The DoublePulsar exploit was the most attempted one observed as it creates a backdoor in infected devices that paves the way for additional malware.
Advanced malware detection and protection technology, such as Endpoint Prevention and Response can track unknown files, block known malicious files, and prevent the execution of malware on endpoints.