Symantec released the threat intelligence report for September

Symantec released the threat intelligence report for September

 

According to the latest report in January 2016, social media fraud is increasing, while cross-fishing activities are decreasing.

Symantec threat intelligence report: November 1, January

Based on data from the Global Intelligence Network (GIN), one of the world's largest threat Intelligence networks, Symantec regularly releases analysis reports on Global Network security threats, trends, and data. The latest threat intelligence analysis is published in six parts: targeted attacks, mobile & social media, malware, Web attacks, spam, and phishing attacks.

Target attacks

 

 

Cross-fishing activities continued to slump in January, with average daily16.7Attacks, and the previous two months ago reached the highest point in 12 months: average daily102.7.

 

 

In January, the finance, insurance, and real estate industries were still the most frequently attacked industries. The service industry ranks second, a year-on-year growth from last December.3.5Percent.

 

 

The number of enterprises most vulnerable to attacks is between 1 to, and the proportion is lower than that in. data shows that more than half of the attacks are targeted at small enterprises.

Mobile & Social Media

 

 

Nearly 56% of the shares made manual sharing the top spot in social media fraud, while fake Offer increased by more than 11 percentage points in a month, almost reaching39%.

 

 

The average number of family variants of each mobile malware continues to increase, which may mean that attackers prefer to use the existing malware family instead of creating new ones.

 

 

No new Android malware family was found in January.

Malware

 

 

OSX. CnetDownloader continues to lead the processing of Mac OSX dangerous environments. This threat dropped by 18 percentage points in January60.4%Win the championship.

OSX. Klog. A is raised23.5%, Up December age points from 4.2.

 

 

Malware also occupies a high position in January, and data display103One email contains malware.

 

 

Retail trade has once again become the most affected industry, although the proportion has declined,57An email contains malware.

 

 

 

 

Web Attacks

 

 

The number of locked Web pages increased slightly compared with that in January, with an average daily0.951 millionWeb pages.

This attack hit every day in last October1.2 millionThe peak of attacks.

 

 

The most common Web attack tool is SpartaEK, which accounts for all attacks in January.24.8%.

Angler toolkit shares23%, Ranking second this month.

Spam

 

 

The proportion of spam in January this year is53.5%, Up last December from 0.4%. This is nearly June higher than the 49.7% lowest in the year of last year (4%.

 

 

The retail industry is most vulnerable to spam attacks,59.4%The email is spam, compared to53.1%It has increased by 6 percentage points.

 

 

The mining and construction industries ranked second and third in January, which increased by last December and 2% respectively compared with 3.5%.

Phishing Attacks

 

 

The proportion of phishing attacks increased to January1/1794Email. In December, the proportion of phishing attacks was the lowest in December.

 

 

The retail industry has a maximum of January phishing emails in 507. In contrast, the industry's December phishing1/2516.

 

 

Enterprises with 1/2242-employees are most likely to be attacked by phishing attacks, rising from in1/602.