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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