The fight against malware as a service

Abstract

Malware developers and distributors wasted no time in exploiting the Covid-19 pandemic for their own malicious objectives. In 2020, the number of new malware samples nearly doubled compared with 2019.1 More concerningly, cyber criminals are also becoming smarter. Rather than merely relying upon a larger quantity of threats, they are also leveraging technology innovations to grow their criminal organisations and generate new revenue streams.