Financial Malware, not Ransomware, drives most Cyber Crime

Symantec's ISTR shows financial malware—banking trojans and related toolsets—dominated cybercrime in 2016 with over 1.2 million detections, implicated in large thefts (e.g., the SWIFT/ Bangladesh heist and Banco del Austro), leveraging techniques like keylogging, session hijacking, droppers, and remote-control tools, while trends indicate declines after takedowns but continued risk from mobile/Android and targeted social-engineering against finance teams.