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In September there was a significant rise in the number of generic polymorphic malware.
According to the Symantec Intelligence Report, at the end of July 23.7 per cent of all malicious email-borne malware was characterised as aggressive strains of generic polymorphic malware. However, in September this rocketed to 72 per cent as cyber criminals adopted a variety of more sophisticated techniques, such as sending emails purporting to be from a smart printer/scanner and forwarded by a colleague.
Paul Wood, senior intelligence analyst at Symantec.cloud, said: “The most recent attacks in the report are email-based, in the form of attachments disguised with some interesting social engineering.
