These “GootKit” infections only showed up in Germany, which suggests that the malware creators offered a product that targeted certain geographies only.Īnother component of this trend is “victim vetting mechanisms,” according to the report. The report’s authors described a malware campaign in Germany designed to record keystrokes and video to steal financial information.
This leaves malware authors to concentrate on making more effective malware, while malware distributors work to improve their networks, all while still making a profit and running their businesses.” The process can be broken up in chunks and these can be refined and perfected. “Malicious actors no longer need to be experts at crafting the whole chain of their attacks. Malware-as-a-service maturesĬybercriminals improved the distribution of malware to be more efficient and precise in 2020 this took the form of modularization, according to the report: Here’s a look at three of the most significant findings on the state of malware. SEE: Identity theft protection policy (TechRepublic Premium)
The report’s authors stated that the increase in brute force attacks, the deployment of customized intrusion tools, and new exploits allowed attackers to map out and infect networks faster than they have ever seen.
Image: kaptnali, Getty Images/iStockphoto Must-read security coverage Spyware activity spiked in 2020, and the malware-as-a-service business model got more sophisticated. State of malware: 3 key findings in the latest Malwarebytes report
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