2024 ThreatDown

State of Malware


The 2024 ThreatDown State of Malware in Education report is a comprehensive analysis of six pressing cyberthreats—including CL0P, Living Off The Land (LOTL) attacks, malvertising, and Big Game ransomware— and outlines the proactive measures IT and security teams can take to safeguard their organizations. 

Cybercriminals are rewriting the playbook. Are you keeping up?

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2024 ThreatDown State of Malware

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About the report:

K-12 institutions need to prepare for cyberthreats—not just malware

Key findings

Ransomware is now a zero-day threat

Threat actors are avoiding detection via ‘fly under the radar’ tactics

Macros are being replaced by malvertising

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6 Critical Cyberthreats and How To Counter Them

Android trojans are breaking into bank accounts

A new threat prevention playbook is needed

What you'll learn

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This year’s State of Malware report looks at six threats that deserves your K-12 institution's full attention.

IT and security teams now face “Living Off the Land” (LOTL) attacks, malvertising, zero-day ransomware, and a range of other cyberthreats that don’t meet the traditional definition of malware.

Readers will explore the diversity and seriousness of the dangers businesses face, and discover the techniques and technologies to stop them.

Understand why Living Off The Land (LOTL) is such a difficult problem to solve and what is behind the recent boom in malvertising.

Discover why targeting Macs has become an easy choice for criminals and uncover the most dangerous threats for Mac, Windows and Android.

Gain the insights and tactics your resource-constrained IT team need to protect your organisation in the year ahead.

Learn how CL0P is rewriting the ransomware playbook and why Big Game ransomware remains the most serious threat.

That's how much known K-12 ransomware attacks increased by in 2023.1

in Education

92%