Symantec Announces MessageLabs Intelligence 2008 Annual Security Report.
Storm's Demise Gives Way to New Trends in Spam and Malware; Botnets Extend Their Reach
Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ: SYMC) today announced the launch of its MessageLabs Intelligence 2008 Security Report. The annual report details how 2008 was a pivotal year for the cyber security landscape as revolutionary advances in malware and spam techniques made their mark on the underground "shadow" economy.
Top Trends in 2008
. Web Security: For 2008, the average number of new malicious websites blocked each day rose to 2,290 compared with 1,253 for 2007, an increase of 82.8 percent owing mostly to an increase in SQL injection attacks.
. Spam: In 2008 the annual average spam rate was 81.2 percent, a decline of 3.4 percent on the 2007 statistic of 84.6 percent. In 2008, the majority of spam was made up of text-only or HTML content and an increasing proportion of spam originated from reputable web-based email and application service providers.
. Viruses: The average virus level for 2008 was 1 in 143.8 emails (.70 percent) reflecting a .15 percent decrease on 2007 where levels averaged at 1 in 117.7 (.85 percent) emails. The decline can be attributed to the transition to spreading malware using malicious content hosted on websites and drive-by installs rather than favoring email as the primary means of distribution.
. Phishing: The number of phishing attacks was 1 in 244.9 (.41 percent) emails across 2008, compared to 1 in 156 emails in 2007. Phishing activity peaked in February at 1 in 99.1, due partly to the increase in plug-and-play style phishing kits and the increased use of specialized botnets for phishing activity.
Fuente: http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/marketwire/0457684.htm
Download: 2008 Annual Security Report (pdf, 51 pag.)
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