Security News > 2021 > April > COVID-19-themed cyberattack detections continue to surge

McAfee released its new report, examining cybercriminal activity related to malware and the evolution of cyber threats in the third and fourth quarters of 2020.

In Q4, there was an average of 648 threats per minute, an increase of 60 threats per minute over Q3. The two quarters also saw COVID-19-related cyber-attack detections increase by 240% in Q3 and 114% in Q4, while Powershell threats again surged 208% due to continued increases in Donoff malware activity.

"Though a large percentage of employees grew more proficient and productive in working remotely, enterprises endured more opportunistic COVID-19 related campaigns among a new cast of bad-actor schemes. Furthermore, ransomware and malware targeting vulnerabilities in work-related apps and processes were active and remain dangerous threats capable of taking over networks and data, while costing millions in assets and recovery costs."

These attacks again increased by 240% in Q3 and 114% in Q4. Malware threats.

In Q3 2020, there was an average of 588 threats per minute, an increase of 169 threats per minute.

Powershell threats grew 208% in Q4 driven largely by Donoff malware.

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