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their observation, Trojans remained phishing were .COM names, down that provide immediate protection.
the most popular form of malware, from 44% in the previous quarter
accounting for 76.85% of all new and that attack vectors continued to If you want to support the group,
samples identified, making it still evolve, placing social media at membership is open to qualified
the most popular weapon of choice forefront of crimeware’s vanguard financial institutions, online retail-
for malware writers. Most probably in the quarter. ers, ISPs and Telcos, the law en-
this explains the record number of forcement community, solutions
new malware strains detected in “In the 3rd quarter of 2013, we also providers, multi-lateral treaty organ-
Q3 2013. saw a change in the phishing izations, research centers, trade
themes used by malware authors. associations and government agen-
PandaLabs revealed further that An emphasis on social media- cies.
31.88% of computers worldwide themed subjects, such as ‘Invitation
appeared to be infected with some to connect on LinkedIn’, was used The APWG is co-founder and co-
sort of malware or adware/spyware: to entice users who would be used manager of the Stop. Think. Con-
actually more than 59% of comput- to seeing such subjects,” said nect. Messaging Convention and
ers seem to be infected with mal- APWG contributor Carl Leonard of curator of the eCrime Researchers
ware in China - a record high for Websense Security Labs. Summit, the world’s only peer-
any country - followed by Turkey reviewed conference, dedicated
(46.58 %) and Peru (42.55%), and There are more than 2,000 compa- specifically to electronic crime stud-
several other Latin American coun- nies, government agencies and ies. ◊
tries. Interestingly, Europe contin- NGOs participating in the APWG
ued to have the lowest infection worldwide by now that work togeth- By Daniela La Marca
rates. er to offer practical information
about phishing and electronically
Last but not least, noteworthy is the mediated fraud as well as pointers
fact that 42% of domains used for to pragmatic technical solutions
MediaBUZZ Pte Ltd - Independant ePublisher for Asia
their observation, Trojans remained phishing were .COM names, down that provide immediate protection.
the most popular form of malware, from 44% in the previous quarter
accounting for 76.85% of all new and that attack vectors continued to If you want to support the group,
samples identified, making it still evolve, placing social media at membership is open to qualified
the most popular weapon of choice forefront of crimeware’s vanguard financial institutions, online retail-
for malware writers. Most probably in the quarter. ers, ISPs and Telcos, the law en-
this explains the record number of forcement community, solutions
new malware strains detected in “In the 3rd quarter of 2013, we also providers, multi-lateral treaty organ-
Q3 2013. saw a change in the phishing izations, research centers, trade
themes used by malware authors. associations and government agen-
PandaLabs revealed further that An emphasis on social media- cies.
31.88% of computers worldwide themed subjects, such as ‘Invitation
appeared to be infected with some to connect on LinkedIn’, was used The APWG is co-founder and co-
sort of malware or adware/spyware: to entice users who would be used manager of the Stop. Think. Con-
actually more than 59% of comput- to seeing such subjects,” said nect. Messaging Convention and
ers seem to be infected with mal- APWG contributor Carl Leonard of curator of the eCrime Researchers
ware in China - a record high for Websense Security Labs. Summit, the world’s only peer-
any country - followed by Turkey reviewed conference, dedicated
(46.58 %) and Peru (42.55%), and There are more than 2,000 compa- specifically to electronic crime stud-
several other Latin American coun- nies, government agencies and ies. ◊
tries. Interestingly, Europe contin- NGOs participating in the APWG
ued to have the lowest infection worldwide by now that work togeth- By Daniela La Marca
rates. er to offer practical information
about phishing and electronically
Last but not least, noteworthy is the mediated fraud as well as pointers
fact that 42% of domains used for to pragmatic technical solutions
MediaBUZZ Pte Ltd - Independant ePublisher for Asia
