commtouch february 2013 internet threats trend report

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Internet Threats Trend Report

February 2013

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The following is a condensed version of the February 2013 Commtouch

Internet Threats Trend Report

You can download the complete report athttp://www.commtouch.com/threat-report-feb-2013

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February 2013 Threat Report

Malware Trends

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178,000 unique samples collected in Jan 2013 Slight drop from unusual high in December

Android Malware

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Large outbreaks in November/December• Xerox scanner and eFax themes

Lower than average levels

since mid-December

Email-attached-malware levels

Spam Trends

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Spammers continued to use phony LinkedIn and Facebook-like notifications

• `These were supplemented with “support center” and “notification” emails

Spammer tricks

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Average daily spam level was 90 billion messages per day• Lowest level was 52 billion • Highest level was 134 billion

Spam levels

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Spam averaged between 71% and 80% of all emails sent globally

Spam Percentage

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Frequently occurring terms printed in proportionally larger text

Spam Topics Cloud

Web Security Trends

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Harvard University’s Department of Government website hosts spam page

Source: anchous.info

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Rank Category   Rank Category

1 Education   6 Health & Medicine

2 Travel   7 Restaurants & Dining

3 Sports 

8Streaming Media & Downloads

4 Business   9 Leisure & Recreation

5 Entertainment  

10Pornography/Sexually explicit

Analysis of which categories of legitimate Web sites were most likely to be hiding malware pages (usually without the knowledge of the site owner)

Education category on top again

Web categories: malware

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Rank Category   Rank Category

1 Portals   6 Restaurants & Dining

2 Computers & Technology   7 Business

3 Shopping   8 Streaming media

4 Education   9 Health & Medicine

5 Fashion & Beauty   10 Travel

Analysis of which categories of legitimate Web sites were most likely to be hiding phishing pages (usually without the knowledge of the site owner)

Portals (offering free website hosting) remained at the highest position

Web categories: phishing

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Uses very long URL• http://service.confirm.paypal.cmd.cgi-bin.2466sd4f3e654sqd4e6d23sd8ed52s3d24e8d4sd8e74ds4d3d.dsqd56d5e8d25s.fdsf456e6d5sde8d56s4d.d545d4e84d5d.d89d98jhnd9ed.5455d57s5656.friponne.fr/

Easily tricks mobile users

Illustrates need for Web security on mobile

PayPal phishing

Zombie Hotspots

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India still hosts over 17% of the world’s spam sending zombies

Romania and Columbia dropped out of the top 15• Replaced by US and Taiwan

Zombie Hotspots

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You can download the complete report athttp://www.commtouch.com/threat-report-feb-2013

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