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MALWARE DOWN, BUT MORE TARGETED & EVASIVE

9.9 Billion

malware attacks were logged* by SonicWall in 2019, a 6% dip from the record-breaking 10.52 billion recorded in 2018.

RANSOMWARE FOUND A NEW TARGET

187.9 Million

Ransomware is being used to surgically target victims that are more likely to pay given the sensitive data they possess or funds at their disposal (or both).

In 2019, this meant that many of the 187.9 million ransomware attacks were against state, provincial and local governments, as well as education systems.

CRYPTOJACKING CRUMBLES

The price of bitcoin and complementary cryptocurrencies created an untenable situation between Coinhive-based cryptojacking malware and the legitimate Coinhive mining service.

FILELESS MALWARE PEAKS IN Q3

Fileless malware exists exclusively as a memory-based artifact and does not write any part of its malicious activity to the computer's hard drive, making it very resistant to forensic strategies. Volume peaked in the third quarter, with more than 570,000 attacks recorded by SonicWall in September 2019 alone.

2019 Fileless Malware Volume

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