Banking trojans are becoming popular with cyber-crooks
Security researchers at G DATA are reporting that, during the first half of 2015, they discovered 12 new malware types a minute.
The revelation is somewhat consistent with another recent
PandaLabs report, which found 21 million new strands of malware between April and June, coming down to 230,000 per day, 9,500 per hour, 160 per minute, and 2.66 per second.
According to
G DATA's own findings, the company saw 3,045,722 new malware types, 26.6% higher than in the second half of 2014, and 64.8% higher than in the first half of 2014.
Most malware attacks were adware and PUPs
The most encountered attack types were relatively harmless adware and PUPs (Potentially Unwanted Programs), with the most common malware families being Dealply and Graftor.
The majority of attacks were hosted on websites from the healthcare sector, followed by those in the technology and telecommunications sectors, by pornography websites, games, and personal blogs.
Pornography websites are a surprise entry in the list, but not for us in the infosec community, since we've observed various major malvertising campaigns during the past few months.
