1. Internet Threats
Trend Report
February 2013
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2. February 2013 Threat Report
The following is a condensed version
of the February 2013 Commtouch
Internet Threats Trend Report
You can download the complete report at
http://www.commtouch.com/threat-report-feb-2013
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3. Malware Trends

4. Android Malware
 178,000 unique samples collected in Jan 2013
 Slight drop from unusual high in December
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5. Email-attached-malware levels
 Large outbreaks in November/December
• Xerox scanner and eFax themes
 Lower than average levels
since mid-December
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6. Spam Trends

7. Spammer tricks
 Spammers continued
to use phony
LinkedIn and
Facebook-like
notifications
• `These were
supplemented with
“support center” and
“notification” emails
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8. Spam levels
 Average daily spam level was 90 billion messages per day
• Lowest level was 52 billion
• Highest level was 134 billion
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9. Spam Percentage
 Spam averaged between 71% and 80% of all emails sent
globally
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10. Spam Topics Cloud
 Frequently occurring terms printed in proportionally larger
text
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11. Web Security Trends

12. Harvard University’s Department of Government
website hosts spam page
Source:
anchous.info
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13. Web categories: malware
 Analysis of which categories of legitimate Web sites were
most likely to be hiding malware pages (usually without the
knowledge of the site owner)
 Education category on top again
Rank Category Rank Category
1 Education 6 Health & Medicine
2 Travel 7 Restaurants & Dining
Streaming Media &
3 Sports 8
Downloads
4 Business 9 Leisure & Recreation
Pornography/Sexually
5 Entertainment 10
explicit
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14. Web categories: phishing
 Analysis of which categories of legitimate Web sites were
most likely to be hiding phishing pages (usually without the
knowledge of the site owner)
 Portals (offering free website hosting) remained at the
highest position
Rank Category Rank Category
1 Portals 6 Restaurants & Dining
2 Computers & Technology 7 Business
3 Shopping 8 Streaming media
4 Education 9 Health & Medicine
5 Fashion & Beauty 10 Travel
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15. PayPal phishing
 Uses very long URL
• http://service.confirm.p
aypal.cmd.cgi-
bin.2466sd4f3e654sqd4
e6d23sd8ed52s3d24e8
d4sd8e74ds4d3d.dsqd5
6d5e8d25s.fdsf456e6d5
sde8d56s4d.d545d4e84
d5d.d89d98jhnd9ed.545
5d57s5656.friponne.fr/
 Easily tricks mobile
users
 Illustrates need for Web
security on mobile
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16. Zombie Hotspots

17. Zombie Hotspots
 India still hosts over 17% of the world’s spam sending
zombies
 Romania and Columbia dropped out of the top 15
• Replaced by US and Taiwan
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18. You can download the complete report at
http://www.commtouch.com/threat-report-feb-2013
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19. For more information contact:
sales@commtouch.com
888 974 5805 (Americas)
+49 30 5200 560 (EMEA)
+972 9 863 6888 (APAC)
Web: www.commtouch.com
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