Scams Now Drive Almost Half of All Malware Detections as Attackers Weaponise Everyday Trust
Gen Digital's H1 2026 threat report shows scams now account for 46% of all malware detections, confirming that social engineering has overtaken technical exploits as the dominant initial-access vector.
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Scams accounted for almost 46% of all threat detections in the first half of 2026, making them the single largest category of malicious activity tracked by Gen Digital, the company behind Norton, Avast, LifeLock and MoneyLion, according to its newly published Threat Report H1 2026. The report, Gen’s first half-yearly threat publication after previously reporting […] The post Scams Now Drive Almost Half of All Malware Detections as Attackers Weaponise Everyday Trust appeared first on IT Security
Editorial Analysis
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With scams constituting nearly half of all malware detections in H1 2026, SOC teams must recalibrate alert priorities toward social-engineering-based delivery vectors that bypass technical controls.
Review your detection coverage for scam-driven malware delivery — particularly tech-support scams and ad-based lures — and ensure endpoint telemetry captures these initial-access vectors.
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