Security News > 2020 > December > Mad About Malware: Hot Spots and Trends in 2020
The trends in malware that we've seen this year reflect both adversary intent and capability.
Threat researchers have seen some common trends and hot spots this year when it comes to malware.
Eventually, advanced malware could also discover even more valuable data and trends using new EATs and perform invasive activities such as intercept requests off the local network to compromise additional systems or inject additional attack commands.
Compromising satellite base stations and then spreading that malware through satellite-based networks could give attackers the ability to potentially target millions of users at scale or inflict DDoS attacks that could impede vital communications.
Malware is a trusted favorite because it just keeps working, and HTML and phishing topped the attack types for five of the first six months.