SonicWall released its mid-year update of the 2022 Cyber Threat report, based on the analysis of one million security sensors across 200 countries, along with third-party sources. Let’s go through the statistics delivered by the report.
Some stats your way
- SonicWall recorded 2.8 billion malware hits globally, in H1 2022, marking an 11% rise over 2021. This amounts to an average of 8,240 malware attempts per target. This is the first recorded rise in three years.
- The rise in global malware has mainly been attributed to the rise in IoT and cryptojacking malware, at 77% and 30%, respectively.
- Malware volume in Asia surged by 32%, followed by Europe at 29%.
- A major increase of 132% has been attributed to the rise in encrypted threats that evade detection.
- The researchers observed 270,228 never-seen-before malware variants, which is a 45% increase since 2021.
Latest malware incidents
- Kaspersky discovered a new UEFI rootkit variant, CosmicStrand, used by Chinese hackers. The malware is found on ASUS and Gigabyte motherboards.
- QBot can now use the Windows 7 Calculator by spoofing as a legitimate app. This technique is used to conduct DLL side-loading attacks.
- A Linux malware, dubbed Lightning Framework, was spotted. The malware can backdoor devices using SSH and deploy various kinds of rootkits.
The bottom line
With significant rise in encrypted threats, cryptojacking, and IoT malware, as well as new unknown malware variants, it is crucial that organizations have all the necessary tools to proactively defend against such threats. Malware threats are a worldwide problem and there is no industry that is safe from it. Hence, proactive security measures should be implemented.
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