Recent Results in January 2024

Latest DATA FROM the advanced in-the-wild malware test

ico top recent results

Threat Landscape in January 2024

tested
solutions
10
unique
SAMPLES
300
malware hosted over HTTP
300
malware hosted over HTTPS
50
average malicious changes [1]
30

PRE-LAUNCH level prevention

50 %

POST-LAUNCH level protection

40 %

average blocked malware [2]

90 %

Potential data breaches

0
50 s

Average Industry
Remediation Time

* based on data telemetry

0 s

The quickest average remediation time

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[1] The number of harmful changes made to Windows during dynamic analysis of the malware sample.
[2] Average blocking of malware by all tested solutions, regardless of level of prevention or protection.

TOP 3

HIJACKED SERVERS LOCATION

flag usa
140
flag deutch
50
flag finland 01
50

TOP 3

TLD COMPROMISED DOMAINS​

.com

190

.net

20

.top

10

TOP 10

FASCINATING SIGNATURES

Trojan.Mardom
Trojan.MSILZilla
Trojan.Agent.GIAK
HEUR.VBA.Trojan
Trojan.Femato.2
Generic.Trojan.Stealer.D
DeepScan:Generic.Malware.GFW
HEUR.RoundKick.W
Generic.PrintSpoofer.1
Generic.AsyncRAT.Marte.B

* data based on the mks_vir engine

LOLBins in statistical terms

Legitimate and trusted software and built-in components in Windows are often used by cybercriminals to hide malicious activity. The so-called “Living off the Land Binaries” (LOLBin) are necessary for the proper functioning of the operating system. During a cyberattack, it can be difficult or impossible to block them, making them a very attractive method for malware developers. Below we present the most commonly used LOLBin in this edition of the test.

rundll32.exe
1354
powershell.exe
705
wmiprvse.exe
402
schtasks.exe
370
consent.exe
359
taskhost.exe
315
iexplore.exe
186

Malware Comparison Table in January 2024

The following summary shows a comparison of tested solutions to protect workstations against malware. We encourage you to become familiar with a detailed description and read our testing methodology in order to understand the results.

PRE-LAUNCH: The classification concerns detecting malware samples before they are launched in the system.
POST-LAUNCH: The analysis level, i.e. a virus has been run and blocked by a tested product.
FAIL: The failure, i.e. a virus hasn’t been blocked and it has infected a system.
Sandbox Column: Number of indicators, i.e. malicious changes made to the system without the anti-virus installed.

Automatic Average Remediation Time (RT): The time expressed in seconds counted from the introduction of malware into the system by the browser, through the launch to the detecting and resolving a security incident.

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Recent Results in January 2024

Avast primary logo
Avast Free Antivirus
excellent
PRE-LAUNCH:
71.05%
POST-LAUNCH:
28.95%

Blocked: 380/380
Total: 100%
RT: 4 seconds

Cegis Cyber logo
Cegis Cyber
excellent
PRE-LAUNCH:
91.58%
POST-LAUNCH:
8.16%
FAIL:
0.26%

Blocked: 379/380
Total: 99,74%
RT: 13 seconds
FAIL: 1

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Comodo Internet Security
excellent
PRE-LAUNCH:
39.47%
POST-LAUNCH:
60.53%

Blocked: 380/380
Total: 100%
RT: 92 seconds

Emsisoft logo
Emsisoft Enterprise Security
excellent
PRE-LAUNCH:
52.89%
POST-LAUNCH:
47.11%

Blocked: 380/380
Total: 100%
RT: 67 seconds

f secure logo
F-Secure Total
excellent
PRE-LAUNCH:
71.32%
POST-LAUNCH:
28.24%
FAIL:
0.26%

Blocked: 379/380
Total: 99,74%
RT: 5 seconds
FAIL: 1

Malwarebytes logo
Malwarebytes Premium
excellent
PRE-LAUNCH:
69.21%
POST-LAUNCH:
30.79%

Blocked: 380/380
Total: 100%
RT: 41 seconds

mcafee logo
McAfee Total Protection
excellent
PRE-LAUNCH:
2.63%
POST-LAUNCH:
97.37%

Blocked: 380/380
Total: 100%
RT: 108 seconds

microsoft defender logo
Microsoft Defender
excellent
PRE-LAUNCH:
2.11%
POST-LAUNCH:
97.37%
FAIL:
0.53%

Blocked: 378/380
Total: 99,47%
RT: 143 seconds
FAIL: 2

Panda-Security-logo
Panda Dome Advanced
excellent
PRE-LAUNCH:
85.53%
POST-LAUNCH:
13.95%
FAIL:
0.53%

Blocked: 378/380
Total: 99,47%
RT: 18 seconds
FAIL: 2

threatdown logo
ThreatDown Endpoint Protection
excellent
PRE-LAUNCH:
69.47%
POST-LAUNCH:
30.53%

Blocked: 380/380
Total: 100%
RT: 34 seconds

webroot antivirus
Webroot Antivirus
excellent
PRE-LAUNCH:
52.11%
POST-LAUNCH:
47.63%
FAIL:
0.26%

Blocked: 379/380
Total: 99,74%
RT: 28 seconds
FAIL: 1

xcitium logo
Xcitium ZeroThreat Advanced
excellent
PRE-LAUNCH:
41.58%
POST-LAUNCH:
58.42%

Blocked: 380/380
Total: 100%
RT: 54 seconds

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