Just like last year, Emsisoft’s Malwarelympics infographic decorates winners that don’t necessarily want to be on the podium. This year the United States takes gold from reigning champion Russia, for the most infected country in the world. In second, Russia takes silver; and in third, Iran takes bronze, just beating out Germany by a few thousand samples.
Aside from the country winners, some other impressive malware Olympians are highlighted. Research indicates that Trojan horses were the year’s largest malware family yet again, with a 10.3% worldwide infection rate. Worms took silver with 4.7%, and exploits rounded out the list at 3.9%, earning the family bronze. This year, viruses were outsiders yet again, with only a 2.1% infection rate worldwide.
2013 was also a year of new threats from ransomware. Cryptolocker had a global impact and as yet has proven nearly impossible to unlock. Like last year, the most attacked operating system is still Windows, which received over 64% of all malware attacks, while attacks on Linux and Mac OS remained barely noticeable. 2013 also saw an alarming rise in mobile malware. In fact, just last year mobile malware exploded by over 600%, and estimates place 92% of that explosion targeting Android devices.
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Aside from the country winners, some other impressive malware Olympians are highlighted. Research indicates that Trojan horses were the year’s largest malware family yet again, with a 10.3% worldwide infection rate. Worms took silver with 4.7%, and exploits rounded out the list at 3.9%, earning the family bronze. This year, viruses were outsiders yet again, with only a 2.1% infection rate worldwide.
2013 was also a year of new threats from ransomware. Cryptolocker had a global impact and as yet has proven nearly impossible to unlock. Like last year, the most attacked operating system is still Windows, which received over 64% of all malware attacks, while attacks on Linux and Mac OS remained barely noticeable. 2013 also saw an alarming rise in mobile malware. In fact, just last year mobile malware exploded by over 600%, and estimates place 92% of that explosion targeting Android devices.
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