Symantec's February Symantec Intelligence Report shows a new wave of cyber-attacks designed to impersonate a well-known business mediation and arbitration service in North America.
2. February 2012 – Report Highlights
Spam – 68.0 percent (a decrease of 1.0 percentage points since January
2011)
Phishing – One in 358.1 emails identified as phishing (an increase of 0.01
percentage points since January 2011)
Malware – One in 274.0 emails contained malware (an increase of 0.03
percentage points since January 2011)
Malicious Web sites – 2,305 Web sites blocked per day (an increase of 9.7
percent since January 2011)
New wave of cyber-attacks designed to impersonate the Better Business
Bureau
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10. Web-based Malware Analysis
Malware and Spyware Sites Blocked Per Day
Web Policy Risks from Inappropriate Use
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11. Most Frequently Blocked Malware at the Endpoint
Frequently Blocked Malware by Endpoint Security
Malware Name1 % Malware
WS.Trojan.H 28.05%
W32.Sality.AE 4.38%
W32.Downadup.B 3.53%
W32.Ramnit.B!inf 3.43%
W32.Ramnit!html 3.18%
Trojan.Maljava 2.92%
W32.Ramnit.B 2.80%
Trojan.ADH.2 2.39%
Trojan.Malscript!html 1.89%
Trojan.ADH 1.49%
NB: Approximately 17.1 percent of the most frequently blocked malware last month was
identified and blocked using generic detection.
*For further information on these threats, please visit:
http://www.symantec.com/business/security_response/landing/threats.jsp
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