6 million malicious files on the web in 3 months

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McAfee Quarterly Threat Report IT reveals malware is at an all-time high with 6 million malicious files detected this quarter as spam trends stall. McAfee, publisher of software computer security has unveiled its new report on computer threats for the second quarter of 2010. This report reveals that the the software solutions Malware hit an all-time high, turning the first six months of 2010 into a record semester for malware production. With regard to spam, on the other hand, with growth of only 2,5% compared to the first quarter of 2010, its progression seems to have stalled.

For malware, growth continued to soar in the second quarter with 6 million new occurrences for a total of 10 million new threats in the first half. Consistent with last quarter, threats to portable storage devices took the lead for the most “popular” malware, followed by fake antivirus and social media-specific malware. With approximately 55 new malware that appears every day, AutoRun-type malware and password-stealing Trojans are the two main threats.

After reaching its peak in the third quarter of 2009, with nearly 175 billion messages per day, spam seems to have reached a plateau, increasing “only” by 2,5%. Cybercriminals have taken advantage of the anticipation and hype related to the World Cup in South Africa and used various methods to promote scams and "poisoning" of search engine results. Overall, the most popular spam categories vary from country to country, with some interesting results. For example, delivery status notifications or receiving non-delivery emails were most popular in the United States, Italy, Spain, China, Great Britain, Brazil, Germany, and Australia.
Spam associated with malware, or anything that comes with a virus or Trojan attachment urging you to visit an infected website, was most active in Colombia, India, South Korea, Russia and In Vietnam. Argentina has the most variety of spam with 16 different topics ranging from drugs to single women to fake diplomas. Italy is exposed to less varieties with only six types of spam.

"Our report shows the explosion of threats over the first half of 2010," said Mike Gallagher, senior vice president and chief technical officer of Global Threat Intelligence at McAfee. “It's also clear that cybercriminals are increasingly in tune with what the public is passionate about about technology and using that knowledge to deceive them. These findings indicate that not only should cybercrime education be more widespread, but also that IT security organizations need to move from a reactive approach to a proactive security strategy. "

Attacks use major events such as the World Cup or conflicts in the Middle East to rot Internet search results, although, surprisingly, the Gulf of Mexico oil spill was surprisingly absent from the Top 20 search terms. toxic research. Additionally, McAfee Labs has seen the resurrection of two "dead" botnets: Storm Worm and Kraken, once considered the largest botnets on the planet.

source: Zataz.com