Consumer threats down as cybercriminals target business

Consumer threats declined by three percent in 2018 as cybercriminals learned that businesses can deliver a much bigger payout. The latest State of Malware report from Malwarebytes shows consumer threats decreased steadily across the board including a 30 percent drop in adware, an 84 percent decrease in hijacker tools, a 28 percent decrease in worm activity and a 29 percent drop in ransomware. At the same time business threats increased by 79 percent as cybercriminals set their sights on the workforce. For example, Trojan threat detections increased by 132 percent. The report also saw riskware tools jump 126 percent, backdoor… [Continue Reading]