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[AplusWebMaster]

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Malware infection rates - Jan-June 2012 MSIR v13
- https://www.computer...e_soars_in_2012
Oct 9, 2012 - "... Microsoft ranked the threats facing each version of Windows... some malware families are more successful against, or at least more often aimed at, specific Windows builds*, and thus affect the infection rates... The 146-page Security Intelligence Report Volume 13 can be downloaded from Microsoft's website**."
* https://www.computer.....ion Rates.jpg

** http://www.microsoft...ir/default.aspx
Vol 13: Jan-June 2012 - Microsoft Security Intelligence Report (SIR)

- http://www.h-online....iew=zoom;zoom=1
10 Oct 2012

Edited by AplusWebMaster, 10 October 2012 - 06:54 AM.

[AplusWebMaster]

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Malware stats to start 2013 ...
- http://www.av-test.o...istics/malware/
1.4.2013 - "... over 100,000 new malicious programs every day..."
Current malware stats: Over 99 million...

[AplusWebMaster]

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Preferred Targets for Malware ...
- http://www.paloalton...or-malware.html
March 25, 2013 - "... traditional antivirus solutions are not identifying the vast majority of malware infecting networks via real-time applications such as web browsing. The Modern Malware Review is the first industry report to examine the behavior of unknown malware throughout its entire lifecycle, beginning when it enters the network, how it behaves once it is on the infected device and finally the outgoing traffic it generates. Key findings include:
• 94 percent of the fully undetected malware found on networks was delivered via web browsing or web proxies.
• 70 percent of malware left identifiers in their traffic or payload that can be used by security teams for detection.
• 40 percent of seemingly unique malware are actually repackaged versions of the same code.
• FTP is a highly-effective method for introducing malware to a network. 95 percent of malware delivered via FTP went undetected by antivirus solutions for more than 30 days.
• Modern malware is highly adept at remaining undetected on a host device. The review identified 30 different techniques for evading security and more than half of all malware behaviors were focused on remaining undetected...
The review identified 26,000 different malware samples on networks that had gone completely undetected by their antivirus solutions..."
Full report - PDF: http://www.paloaltonetworks.com/mmr

Graph: https://threatpost.c...altomalware.jpg
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- http://www.av-test.o...istics/malware/
3.16.2013 - "... over 130,000 new malicious programs every day..."
Current malware stats: at 100 million...

Edited by AplusWebMaster, 27 March 2013 - 01:51 PM.

[AplusWebMaster]

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Mobile malware up 163%
- https://www.net-secu...ews.php?id=2466
April 15, 2013 - "Mobile malware threats increased 163% to more than 65,000 in 2012, according to NQ Mobile*. The problem is becoming more complex as smarter mobile malware can better target connected devices... Nearly 95 percent of all mobile malware discovered in 2012 targeted Android. The top three methods for delivering malware in 2012 were app repackaging, malicious URLs, and smishing. NQ Mobile estimates that these forms of malware helped infect an estimated 32.8 million Android devices in 2012... Key findings:
• Over 32.8 million Android devices were infected in 2012 vs. 10.8 million in 2011 – an increase of over 200 percent
• The top five markets for infected mobile devices were China (25.5%), India (19.4%), Russia (17.9%), United States (9.8%) and Saudi Arabia (9.6%)
• 65% of malware discovered in 2012 falls into a broader category of Potentially Unwanted Programs (or PUPs). PUPs include root exploits, spyware, pervasive adware and Trojans (surveillance hacks)
• 28% of mobile malware discovered in 2012 was designed to collect and profit from a user's personal data
• 7% of malware was simply designed to make a user's device stop working (i.e., "bricking" their phones)
• Looking ahead, NQ Mobile estimated that over 10 million devices have already been infected in the first quarter of 2013..."
* http://www.nq.com/20...rity_Report.pdf

- http://bgr.com/2012/...d-malware-2013/
"... a majority of consumers will never run into malware -unless- they use an unofficial app marketplace, pirate apps illegally or unknowingly click on a malicious link."
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Symantec 2013 Internet Security Threat Report
- https://www.symantec...orldwide_ISTR18
April 16, 2013 - "... Key Findings:
• 42% increase in targeted attacks in 2012.
• 31% of all targeted attacks aimed at businesses with less than 250 employees.
• One waterhole attack infected 500 organizations in a single day.
• 14 zero-day vulnerabilities.
• 32% of all mobile threats steal information.
• A single threat infected 600,000 Macs in 2012.
• Spam volume continued to decrease, with 69% of all email being spam.
• The number of phishing sites spoofing social networking sites increased 125%.
• Web-based attacks increased 30%.
• 5,291 new vulnerabilities discovered in 2012, 415 of them on mobile operating systems..."
Overview and Analysis - 58 pages, 5.5 MB (PDF): - http://www.symantec....91018.en-us.pdf
Additional Stats and Information - 96 pages, 5 MB (PDF)
- http://www.symantec....84438.en-us.pdf

Edited by AplusWebMaster, 16 April 2013 - 07:41 AM.

[AplusWebMaster]

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MS SIRv14 released
- https://isc.sans.edu...l?storyid=15659
Last Updated: 2013-04-23 - "... Microsoft released volume 14 of its Security Intelligence Report (SIRv14) which includes new threat intelligence from over a billion systems worldwide... network worms are on the decrease and web-based attacks are all the rage*. Interesting report highlights include:
• The proportion of Conficker and Autorun threats reported by enterprise computers each decreased by 37% from 2011 to 2H12
• In the second half of 2012, 7 out of the top 10 threats affecting enterprises were associated with malicious or compromised websites...
• Enterprises were more likely to encounter the iFrame redirection technique than any other malware family tracked in 4Q12
• One specific iFrame redirection family called IframeRef, increased fivefold in the fourth quarter of 2012 to become the number one malicious technique encountered by enterprises worldwide
• IframeRef was detected nearly 3.3 million times in the fourth quarter of 2012 ..."

Malicious Websites Now the Top Threat to the Enterprise
* http://blogs.technet...enterprise.aspx

Latest Security Intelligence Report Shows 24 Percent of PCs are Unprotected
- https://blogs.techne...Redirected=true

- https://blogs.techne...Redirected=true
22 Apr 2013

- http://www.microsoft.com/sir
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PC owners have to watch 24 sources for fixes
- http://www.h-online....iew=zoom;zoom=1
22 Apr 2013

Edited by AplusWebMaster, 23 April 2013 - 05:31 AM.

[AplusWebMaster]

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MS SIRv14 - Updated data shows prevalence of Java malware ...
- https://blogs.techne...Redirected=true
12 May 2013 - "Recently we released the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report volume 14. The report initially presented data showing reduced Java malware detections in Q3 2012 and gaining prevalence in Q4 of 2012. During a later review of the backend data, we found that we were missing some detection counts from our initial calculations. We have revised the data...
> https://www.microsof...es/sir-14_1.png
Machine count of detections for each exploit categories
... we can see clearly the sudden rise in Java exploitation... As the HTML/JS category is usually used in delivering other exploit vectors (for example, Blacole pages leading to other Java and PDF, SWF exploits), Java malware is the most prevalent exploit vector that actually tries to exploit vulnerabilities in the software since 2011.
> https://www.microsof...es/sir-14_2.png
... breakdown of individual Java exploits
In 2012 we saw four different Java vulnerabilities were used most, CVE-2012-1723, CVE-2012-0507, CVE-2012-4681, CVE-2012-5076.
> https://www.microsof...es/sir-14_3.png
... when the vulnerable software is exposed to the malicious Java exploits, the success rate of the exploitation is usually very high compared to memory corruption vulnerabilities... many times the Java vulnerabilities are adopted by malware writers after the updates from Oracle are released..."

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Malware hits record-high numbers
- https://net-security...ews.php?id=2636
Nov 27, 2013 - "... the number of new malware samples in circulation in just the first nine months of 2013 has already met the 2012 figure for the entire year. Trojans remained the most pervasive threat, accounting for most new threats and infections worldwide. One of the most notable –and notorious– threats over the past months was CryptoLocker, a new ransomware sample that hijacks users’ documents and demands a ransom for them. There was also a significant increase in the number of attacks that exploit DNS cache poisoning techniques... Trojans once again topped the rankings, accounting for 76.85 percent of all new threats identified by PandaLabs, followed by worms (at a distant 13.12 percent), viruses (9.23 percent) and adware/spyware (0.57 percent). Additionally, Trojans continued to be the weapon of choice for malware writers to infect users’ systems. 78 percent of all computer infections registered in the third quarter of 2013 were caused by Trojans, followed by viruses (6.63 percent), adware/spyware (6.05 percent) and worms (5.67percent)..."

- http://press.pandase...labs-q3-report/

New malware strains - Q3 2013
- http://press.pandase...-malware-EN.png
New malware by type - Q3 2013
- http://press.pandase...are-type-EN.png

- http://www.av-test.o...ll-years_en.png
Nov 17, 2013
 

Edited by AplusWebMaster, 29 November 2013 - 11:09 AM.