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Malware: most commonly observed categories 2016

Most commonly observed types of malware worldwide in 2016, by detected sample count

The data describes the most commonly observed types of malware worldwide in 2016, by detected sample count. According to the report, PUA and suspicious binaries had been observed in the sample 87,329 times as the most commonly observed malware, while trojan droppers (VBS) had come in second with an observed amount of 50,081 occurrences.

PUA and Suspicious Binaries	87329
Trojan Droppers (VBS)	50081
Facebook Scam Links	35887
Trojan Downloaders (Scripts)	27627
Browser Redirection (JS)	24737
Browser-Redirection Downloads	18505
Phishing (Links)	15933
Android Trojans (lop)	14020
Browser Redirection	12848
Facebook Hijacking	11600
Heuristic Blocks (Scripts)	11506
Packed Binaries	7712
Trojan Downloaders (JS)	5996
Trojans, Heuristic (Win32)	5510
Browswer iFrame Attacks	5467
Android (Axtent)	4970
Android Trojans (Loki)	4584
Malware (FakeAvCn)	4398
Trojans (HideLink)	3646
Malware (HappJS)	3006

Malware: most commonly observed categories 2016

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