Malware attacks rose 18.4% to 9.32 billion in 2017: Report
nMalware attacks saw an 18.4% increase from last year to 9.32 billion in 2017, according to a report by US security company SonicWall. The report also said that there was also a corresponding 101.2% increase in new ransomware variants. Over 12,500 common vulnerabilities and exposures were found, 78% of which were related to network attacks, the report added.