The trend represents a major geographic shift in the focus for attackers
The samples include loaders, backdoors, and backdoor builders
DarkUniverse developed its full-featured malware from scratch but went quiet shortly after the Shadow Brokers leak
The iffy Android apps have been downloaded more than eight million times since July 2018
ESET researchers attribute sophisticated MS SQL Server backdoor tool to China's Winnti Group, also known as APT17
Emotet was originally developed as a banking Trojan, but was re-written to work as a malware loader
The BITS system is used by Microsoft to send Windows updates to its users and is generally ignored by firewalls
Joker malware can read SMS messages, contact lists and other information on victims' Android handsets
One sample appears to be the same piece of malware which the US agencies warned about in May
New enhancements will improve accuracy, claims NSA