During the last quarter of 2016, 30 percent of all malware doing the rounds was so new that traditional anti-virus software companies had not yet developed signatures for them. This is outlined in a recent article on industry news Service « GeekWire » from Seattle, following on a report by security specialists Watchguard Technologies, based in the same city. To identify ongoing trends, Watchguard analyzed data provided by nearly 25,000 active security appliances that the company is running. In addition to the high proportion of zero day malware the Watchguard report also reveals other interesting trends. For instance, it shows that documents concealing nasty macros are still in use (especially for targeted attacks known as spearphishing) and that attackers like to spread or conceal their malware by means of JavaScript, largely due to the ready availability of the exploit kits required. 
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Growing amount of zero-day malware in circulation
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