AV-TEST, one of the leading anti-malware solutions evaluators, together with AV-Comparatives shared some interesting statistics on the growth of malware in 2022.
The report says that about 70 million Windows malware appeared this year, which is 5,000 times more than macOS (where about 12,000 samples were found) and 60 times more than the corresponding figure for Linux (2 million samples).
New #malware in 2022: In total we captured 69,504,686 new #samples for #Windows12,445 new samples for #macOS1,917,133 new samples for #Linux and 1,073,866 new samples for #Android. Our malware database grew by a total of 98,084,563 samples this year. https://t.co/Dy0fTOnKga pic.twitter.com/Can5P3N1w8
— AV-ATLAS (@avatlasorg) December 22, 2022
While the overall number of Windows malware is certainly high, the growth rate has been declining since September. The first image below shows monthly growth, while the second image shows the total number of malware and PUAs (Potentially Unwanted Programs).
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Here’s the macOS infographic, and as you can see, while the overall amount of malware is relatively low, the rate of growth picked up sharply in November and December.
Linux is perhaps the most striking, as it seems to have completely eradicated new malware. Growth rates have been very low since June and remain so until December.
Source: Neowin
