AV-Test, 83.45 percent of all newly developed malware programs concentrated on the Windows operating system during the measured period.
As of the first quarter of 2020, it was found that the malware industry continues to mainly target Windows systems. According to Operating systems most affected by malware as of 1st quarter 2020
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Statistics on Malware
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- Basic Statistic Number of malware attacks per year 2015-H1 2022
- Premium Statistic Annual change of human-initiated and bot attacks volume worldwide 2021, by region
- Premium Statistic Share of cyber attacks in worldwide regions 2021, by category
- Basic Statistic Malware: most-targeted industries 2020-2021
- Premium Statistic Development of malware worldwide 2015-2020
- Premium Statistic Distribution of malware detections Q1 2020, by OS
- Premium Statistic Job levels most likely to be targeted by malicious cyberattacks 2020
- Premium Statistic Leading IT security threats according to cyber security professionals 2021
Malware types
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- Premium Statistic Share of global corporate networks attacked by malware in 2020, by malware type
- Premium Statistic Most prevalent malware threats to corporate networks globally 2020, by malware family
- Premium Statistic Most prevalent cryptomining malware worldwide in 2020, by type
- Premium Statistic Most prevalent botnets worldwide in 2021
- Premium Statistic Most prevalent banking trojans worldwide in 2020, by type
- Premium Statistic Top malware received globally via web and e-mail in 2020, by file type
Mobile malware
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- Premium Statistic Countries with highest mobile malware encounter rate Q3 2021
- Premium Statistic Most prevalent mobile malware worldwide in 2020, by malware family
- Basic Statistic Volume of detected mobile malware packages as of Q2 2021
- Basic Statistic Distribution of mobile malware worldwide 2021, by type
Ransomware
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- Basic Statistic Ransomware victimization rate among businesses worldwide 2018-2022
- Basic Statistic Number of ransomware attacks per year 2016-H1 2022
- Basic Statistic Number of newly added ransomware families 2021
- Basic Statistic Share of MSP clients who experienced a ransomware attacks 2020, by strain
- Basic Statistic Major operating systems targeted by ransomware according to MSPs 2020
- Basic Statistic Leading cause of ransomware infection 2020
- Premium Statistic Share of global businesses victimized by ransomware paying to recover their data 2022
Phishing
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Cloud security
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Security solutions market
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- Premium Statistic Global critical infrastructure cybersecurity market 2020-2030
- Basic Statistic Antivirus software market value worldwide 2018 and 2024
- Premium Statistic Advanced persistent threat global market size 2015-2026
- Premium Statistic Corporate web security market size worldwide 2016-2026
- Premium Statistic Endpoint security market size worldwide 2020-2024
- Basic Statistic Global market share held by Windows anti-malware vendors 2021, by month
IT security measures
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- Basic Statistic Use of automation tools for IT security worldwide 2020
- Basic Statistic IT security automation efforts implementation stages worldwide 2020
- Basic Statistic IT service provider threats experienced and concerns worldwide 2020, by category
- Basic Statistic DDoS threat detection tools used versus their effectiveness worldwide 2020
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- Leading Windows malware strains 2019
- Leading macOS malware strains 2019
- Distribution of Windows malware 2019
- Distribution of macOS malware 2019
- Most common types of malware infections in Finland 2015
- Malware - number of infected computers
- Computer hardware affected by malware Spain 2019, by type
- Malware infected computers according to the level of risk Spain 2019
- Distribution of Android malware 2019
- Leading malware payloads worldwide 2018
- Most prevalent malware file extensions worldwide 2017
- Likelihood of using key cyber threat defenses worldwide 2017, by organization size
- Most detected malware families affecting corporate networks worldwide 2021
- Top cryptomining malware affecting corporate networks worldwide 2021
- Percentage of spam with ransomware attachments 2015-2016
- Industry revenue of “Retail sale of computers, computer peripheral equipment, software and communication equipment“ in South Korea 2012-2024
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- Malware infected computers according to the level of risk Spain 2019
- Distribution of Android malware 2019
- Leading malware payloads worldwide 2018
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- Most detected malware families affecting corporate networks worldwide 2021
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AV-TEST. "Operating Systems Most Affected by Malware as of 1st Quarter 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 26 Aug 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/680943/malware-os-distribution/
AV-TEST, Operating systems most affected by malware as of 1st quarter 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/680943/malware-os-distribution/ (last visited February 02, 2023)
Operating systems most affected by malware as of 1st quarter 2020 [Graph], AV-TEST, August 26, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/680943/malware-os-distribution/