September 2020s Most Wanted Malware: New Info-stealing Valak Variant Enters Top 10 Malware List For First Time

Check Point researchers find sharp increase in attacks using new Valak malware, while the Emotet trojan remains in 1st place for third consecutive month. Valak is able to steal sensitive information from Microsoft Exchange mail systems, as well as users credentials and domain certificates. MVPower DVR Remote Code Execution is the most common exploited vulnerability, impacting 46% of organizations globally, followed by Dasan GPON Router Authentication Bypass OpenSSL TLS DTLS Heartbeat Information Disclosure had a global impact of 36%.”]

Source: https://blog.checkpoint.com/2020/10/07/september-2020s-most-wanted-malware-new-info-stealing-valak-variant-enters-top-10-malware-list-for-first-time/