Over half (55%) of all types of cybercrime involve malware, according to the report. These attacks include spyware and remote administration malware, which give attackers a back seat to everything you do on your device. From there, they can gain login credentials, sensitive business data, or information to help them conduct social engineering attacks. The third most popular kind of malware attack is the dreaded ransomware, which typically locks your device or takes your data hostage until you pay the hacker to release it.
In a nutshell, there are the following types of malware attacks:
- Viruses
- Worms
- Trojans
- Ransomware
- Fileless malware
- Adware
- Malvertising
- Spyware