Interisle Consulting Group recently released its report (https://interisle.net/MalwareLandscape2021.html) studying six months of malware.
Data showed that, based on 1.7 million malware reports collected from January 1, 2021 to June 30, 2021, malware reports increased 63% in the first half of 2021. The findings are based on analyzing 1,686,033 malware reports during a six-month study period from four widely used and respected threat intelligence sources.
The key takeaways are summarized below from the report.