Cyberoam lists Real-Time Malware on Q3 Threat Report

In collaboration with its partner Commtouch, Cyberoam has announced the October 2013 Internet Threats Trend Report which throws light on some recent web malware and spam trends of the third quarter (July-September 2013).

According to the threat trends of Q3, there was a faster and more advanced use of real-time malware campaigns. The primary observation derived of these campaigns was that the time between the news event and the related malware attack has steadily decreased throughout the year.

The average number of daily phishing sites tracked in Commtouch’s GlobalView database increased by nearly 35% in Q3. PayPal phishing sites alone accounted for approximately 750 new phishing sites each day.

The Q3 Internet Threats Trend report also reports the detection of numerous repeating email-malware campaigns in Q3, as seen by Commtouch Security Labs. Other highlights of the October 2013 report included details about the categories of websites that were most likely to be compromised with malware. Travel websites topped this list of ten. The report also talks about the Mobile malware and top 5 most commonly seen Android threats. In addition to these, details on Q3 trends related to Email Malware, Spam Trends, Spam Topics, Email Zombies, etc were also covered in the report.