The State of Malware: 1 Billion Samples Under the Microscope

2016 was not a good year for information security. The inexorable rise of ransomware, major breach reports, the emergence of massive IoT-based DDoS attacks, the rise of the Kovter malware family, and the arrival of alleged international political interference all combined to make 2016 an exceptional year. Now a new state of malware analysis puts figures behind the malware element of 2016 threats.