10 Billion Attacks Blocked in 2023, Qakbot's Resurrection, and Google API Abused
DNS is a hierarchical decentralized naming system. There are multiple ways in which threat actors can leverage DNS to carry out attacks. We will provide a an introduction to DNS threat landscape.
Stunning 50% Surge in Blocked Attacks, Resulting in 1 Billion Monthly Blocks
Unveiling the Dominance of Scams Amidst a 24% Surge in Blocked Attacks
Social Engineering Dominance, Rising Tide of Information-Stealers, and OneNote Abused by Malware Groups
Zero-day attacks discovered in-the-wild, Arkei Stealer and LimeRAT boosting their presence, and continuation of pro-russian DDoS attacks
Cybercriminals actively recruiting and paying people to support their malicious activities Foreword Three months have passed since we published the Avast Q2/2022 Threat Report and here we are again reviewing the cyber threat landscape via the Avast telemetry and Avast’s experts’ insights. I’m not...
Farewell to Conti, Zloader, and Maldocs; Hello Resurrection of Raccoon Stealer, and more Ransomware Attacks Foreword Another quarter has passed, which means it’s time for us to share our Avast Q2/2022 Threat Report with the world. I must admit, time flies. It’s been exactly one year since we’ve...
Cyberwarfare between Ukraine and Russia Foreword The first quarter of 2022 is over, so we are here again to share insights into the threat landscape and what we’ve seen in the wild. Under normal circumstances, I would probably highlight mobile spyware related to the Beijing 2022 Winter...
Foreword Welcome to the Avast Q4’21 Threat Report! Just like the rest of last year, Q4 was packed with many surprises and plot twists in the threat landscape. Let me highlight some of them. We all learned how much impact a small library for logging can have. Indeed, I’m referring to the Log4j Java...