Top Malware File Types

Top Malware File Types – HP Wolf Security have analysed the top malware file types and spreadsheets come out on top.

New survey report reveals Spreadsheest as the top malware file type at 34% and 11% increase in threats delivered in Archive.

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The report reviews notable threats, malware trends and techniques identified by HP Wolf Security’s customer telemetry in calendar Q2 2022. Highlights include an analysis of the risk posed by CVE-2022-30190, a zero-day vulnerability affecting the Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool, including campaigns seen in the wild of attackers exploiting this flaw, and the rise of shortcut (LNK) files as a macro-free alternative to executing malware.