AVLab - In the wild ransomware threats on the rise – May 2024 test summary

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During this edition of the Advanced In-The Wild Malware Test, a growing trend of ransomware malware and Trojans stealing user credentials has been revealed. Appearing more often than usual ransomware samples in the wild are also confirmed by independent statistics from Check Point – experts show a significant increase in the spread of ransomware in Poland. Here is one example of LockBit 2.0 ransomware spotted in our tests:
 


In May 2024, we obtained a total of a dozen unique ransomware samples out of 521 of all malware samples that were qualified for the test. Let us remind that potential malware is obtained from messengers, websites, honeypots.

Summary of tests in March 2024​We tested 13 solutions. Almost all of them were characterized by 100% neutralization of in-the-wild threats. Almost, because Eset Smart Security software, F-Secure Total, and Panda Dome failed in one or more cases. Not all developers have managed to go through this edition flawlessly.

It is worth paying attention to the Remediation Time parameter – this is the average time of complete neutralization of a given threat from the introduction of file into the system, till blocking or neutralization of malware after being launched by the antivirus product.

Detailed results can be found on the Recent Results webpage.

The following developers have coped with the fastest neutralization and flawless removal of threats used at this edition:

• McAfee (on a set of samples used, it took 0.589 seconds on average)
  
• Bitdefender (0.847 seconds on average)
  
• F-Secure (1,530 seconds on average)
  
• Eset (1,933 seconds on average)
  
• Avast (8.25 seconds on average)
  

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