Security News > 2021 > July > Cybercriminals customizing malware for attacks on virtual infrastructure
Cyber incidents continue to rise, ransomware accounts for nearly two-thirds of all malware attacks, and more cybercriminals are customizing malware for attacks on virtual infrastructure, Positive Technologies finds.
According to the research, the number of attacks increased by 17% compared to Q1 2020, with 77% being targeted attacks, and incidents with individuals accounting for 12% of the total.
Its share, among other malware used in attacks on organizations, increased by seven percentage points compared to Q4 2020, now accounting for 63% of all malware.
Cybercriminals increasingly developing malware to attack virtual infrastructure.
More and more cybercriminals are developing malware to conduct attacks on virtualization environments, and some are aggressively trying to exploit vulnerabilities already found in software for deploying virtual infrastructure.
Dmitry Serebryannikov, Director of Security Analysis, Positive Technologies, said: "Attackers carefully monitor information about new vulnerabilities and try to find a use for these in their attacks as soon as possible."
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