Kaspersky Security Bulletin 2024. Statistics

All statistics in this report come from Kaspersky Security Network (KSN), a global cloud service that receives information from components in our security solutions voluntarily provided by Kaspersky users. Millions of Kaspersky users around the globe assist us in collecting information about malicious activity. The statistics in this report cover the period from November 2023 through October 2024. The report doesn’t cover mobile statistics, which we will share in our annual mobile malware report.

The year in figures

During the reporting period, Kaspersky solutions:

• Stopped 302,287,115 malware attacks launched from online resources across the globe.
• Detected 85,013,784 unique malicious URLs.
• Blocked 72,194,144 unique malicious objects with the help of Web Anti-Virus components.
• Prevented ransomware attacks on the computers of 303,298 unique users.
• Stopped miners from infecting 999,794 unique users.
• Prevented the launch of banking, ATM or PoS malware on the devices of 208,323 users.

Kaspersky researchers have discovered new Mirage Kitten attacks using previously undocumented malware families: NodeRabbit in Node.js and PollCat in JavaScript.

Our experts discovered a new CoolClient backdoor variant with a kernel-mode rootkit driver that hides malicious processes, files, and network connections from security tools and threat analysts.

Kaspersky experts break down a new Armored Likho campaign that poses as a fundraising efforts and delivers a new Still Toolkit aimed at stealing Telegram data and eavesdropping on victims.

Kaspersky researchers reveal previously undocumented malware attributed to Mirage Kitten (UNC1549, Smoke Sandstorm, Nimbus Manticore): NightLedger backdoor, ArcBridge, and BridgeHead tunneling tools.