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Malware Drops 20% as Phishing and DDoS Attacks Surge

1/20/2026

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Webroot Quarterly Threat Report shows malware encounters fell 20% in first half of 2016, while attacks grew sophisticated.
Phishing attacks targeting Google and Wells Fargo surged, and the United States hosted over 40% of malicious URLs.
Incapsula reports a 240% rise in application-level DDoS bot traffic.
More than 25% of botnets originate in India, China, and Iran, while the United States ranks fifth, signaling a shift in multi-vector botnet activity.

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Story summary

Webroot Quarterly Threat Report shows malware encounters fell 20% in first half of 2016, while attacks grew sophisticated.
Phishing attacks targeting Google and Wells Fargo surged, and the United States hosted over 40% of malicious URLs.
Incapsula reports a 240% rise in application-level DDoS bot traffic.
More than 25% of botnets originate in India, China, and Iran, while the United States ranks fifth, signaling a shift in multi-vector botnet activity.