According to SonicWall, there were 5.5 billion malware detections worldwide in 2022, up 2% YoY, with never-before-seen varieties seeing a 5% increase.
In order to create its 2023 SonicWall Cyber Threat Report, the security provider gathered threat intelligence from its global SonicWall Capture Threat network, which includes one million security sensors.
A total of 465,501 new malware strains were discovered, showing that the cybercrime underground is still evolving. These findings “often closely correlate with zero-day attack patterns,” according to SonicWall.
The firm also noted an 87% spike in IoT malware to reach 112 million devices and a 43% increase in crypto-jacking malware read more Experts Spot Half a Million Novel Malware Variants in 2022.
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