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SonicWall Capture Labs threat researchers recorded 2.8 billion malware hits, in the first half of 2022.

Except for June, the global malware detection has been higher in 2022 when compared to 2021.

Figure A. The malware categories that have been increasing the most are cryptojacking malware and Internet of Things-related malware.

Figure C. As for the different industries being hit by malware, education is the most targeted, with an increase of 21.4% per month, followed by the government at 19.3%. Financial institutions have been less targeted with only 15.2% of financial organizations being hit by malware.

On a side note, SonicWall, although not having enough sensors in Ukraine to meet statistical relevance, took an interest in checking malware hits in that country, and saw an extraordinary increase in malware starting in March 2022.

IoT malware has increased by 77% year to date, even exceeding as much as 12 million detections between January and June 2022.

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