1H 2009 - Malware Threat Growth
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1H 2009: Malware Threat Growth
- http://blog.trendmicro.com/1h-2009-m...s-ever-larger/
Aug. 14, 2009 - "...in the first six months of 2008, the Trend Micro World Virus Tracking Center (WTC) recorded that 253.4 million systems were infected with malware. The comparable volume for 2009 is almost double at 491.2 million... AV-Test.org* has released their findings for the first half of the year recently... With more than a million new samples being seen every month, it’s likely that the overall number of unique samples will grow beyond 30 million. That should clearly illustrate the scale of the malware threat..."
(Charts available at the URL above.)
* http://www.av-test.org/numbers.php
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2009 report Panda Labs - 25M new malware strains
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2009 report Panda Labs - 25M new malware strains
- http://pandalabs.pandasecurity.com/2009-annual-report/
01/5/10 - "... the outstanding trend of the last 12 months has been the prolific production of new malware: 25 million new strains were created in just one year, compared to a combined total of 15 million throughout the rest of Panda Security’s 20-year history... some of the highlights of the report:
• PandaLabs identified more malware in 2009 than during the rest of its 20-year history
• Panda Security now has a knowledge base of 40 million samples, receiving an average of 55,000 new strains every day
• Banker Trojans and fake antivirus programs topped the threat ranking
• Social networks (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube or Digg) and SEO attacks were favored by cybercriminals for spreading malicious code
• Politically motivated cyber-attacks significantly increased throughout 2009..."
(Link to full PDF report available at the URL above.)
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2010-H1 malware trends - UP 50%...
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2010-H1 malware trends - UP 50%...
- http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/08...droid_malware/
3 August 2010 - "... Sophos’ global network of labs received around 60,000 new malware samples every day in the first half of 2010, an average run rate of one new sample every 1.4 seconds per day every day. In the same period last year the rate was 40,000 samples per day. By that reckoning VXers have increased production by 50 per cent. Adobe came out a close second to Microsoft as hacker targets during the first six months of 2010, according to Sophos*. Booby-trapped websites and malware in e-mail, which has returned as a hacker favourite over recent months, remain security menaces to businesses. Hackers often use vulnerabilities to plant malware or -redirections- to hacking portals on legitimate websites. These tactics - along with the prevalence of free hosting providers in Europe that offer minimum setup times to business and hackers alike - resulted in France, Italy and the Netherlands all joining the top ten of malware hosting countries since the start of the year..."
* http://www.sophos.com/trmy10
(PDF file)
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Q2 2010 - 10M new malware threats
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Q2 2010 - 10M new malware threats...
- http://newsroom.mcafee.com/article_d...rticle_id=3675
August 10, 2010 - "... malware has reached its highest levels, making the first six months of 2010 the most active half-year ever for total malware production... Malware continued to soar in Q2 2010, as there were 10 million new pieces cataloged in the first half of this year. Consistent with last quarter, threats on portable storage devices took the lead for the most popular malware, followed by fake anti-virus software and social media specific malware. With approximately 55,000 new pieces of malware that appear everyday, globally AutoRun malware and password-stealing Trojans round out the Top Two malware threats. After reaching its highest point in Q3 2009, with nearly 175 billion messages per day spam rates have hit a plateau... McAfee Labs saw a resurrection of two “dead” botnets. Storm Worm and Kraken, once considered to be among the biggest botnets on the planet, are again on the rise."
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McAfee Threats Report - 2010-Q3
Malware - UP 34% in 2010...
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Malware - UP 34% in 2010...
- http://isc.sans.edu/diary.html?storyid=10240
Last Updated: 2011-01-08 03:47:35 UTC - "According to PandaLabs 2010 Annual Report, 'In 2010, have created and distributed one third of all viruses that exist. These means that 34% of all malware ever created has appeared... in the last twelve months.' They have noticed a rise in malware distributed via popular social media like Facebook and Twitter as well as Linkedln and Fotolog. Activist attacks have been on the rise as well including coordinated DDoS against popular websites in support of Wikileaks..."
* http://press.pandasecurity.com/wp-co...eport-2010.pdf
Panda - summary:
- http://pandalabs.pandasecurity.com/p...l-report-2010/
01/5/11
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