A record amount of Linux malware is found in 2022
Linux malware Increment in 2022 is at all-time high, nearly 1.7 million samples found in the first half of 2022, an all-time record. According to AtlasVPN, the number of new Linux malware samples increased significantly in the first half of 2022, peaking at approximately 1.7 million.
Malware attacks on Linux are on the rise despite past declines
According to VPN service provider AtlasVPN, the first half of 2022 saw a sharp increase in the prevalence of new Linux viruses. From January to June 2022, the number of new malware samples increased by about 650% compared to the first half of 2021, from 226,324 to nearly 1.7 million samples, the greatest amount ever observed. AtlasVPN also discovered that April had the most malware samples, at 400,931.
According to a blog post on the Atla...