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Review of Regional Malware Trends in EMEA: Part 1

Summary: Unit 42's EMEA regional threat reports for June and July 2016 found the United Kingdom had the highest volume of malicious sessions of the three western European countries covered, peaking on May 27 with Locky ransomware campaigns that included more than one hundred samples in over 7,000 sessions affecting Government and Higher Education. Germany saw a similar Locky peak with fewer samples but over double the sessions, mostly in Healthcare and High Tech, while France peaked earlier on April 7 with over two hundred samples in more than 27,000 sessions dominated by the Rockloader downloader Trojan alongside Kegotip and Pony.

What's compelling: All three countries hit their malware trough in the same week at the end of June, which the author ties to the Brexit referendum held on 23 June rather than to summer holidays - a reminder that your baseline traffic can shift with events that have nothing to do with your network.

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