Low-quality malware is taxing the resources of security companies, since it is being detected in ever-higher numbers. In many cases, hackers simply take existing malware and create variants, tweaking the older code to evade antivirus software. The trend overall, overall, has been “quantity over quality,” says Eugene Kaspersky, head of antivirus research. The increase in the volume of malicious code can be attributed in part to the impunity enjoyed by malware writers, he says. The U.S. FBI and Russias Federal Security Service (FSB) frequently ask for information.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2120766/damaging-malware-declining–older-variants-on-the-rise.html