Malware variety sees major growth in 2019
New research from Kaspersky has revealed that malware variety grew by 13.7 percent in 2019 and the cybersecurity firm attributes this growth to a rise in web skimmers.
According to the Kaspersky Security Bulletin 2019, the number of unique malicious objects detected by the company’s web antivirus solution increased by an eighth compared to last year to reach over 24m due a 187 percent increase in web skimmer files.
banking Trojans grew while the presence of cryptocurrency miners dropped by more than half.
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These trends demonstrate a shift in the type of threats employed by cybercriminals who are
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