Sunday, October 24, 2010

Reports, State of the Internet 2010, CA Threat Landscape

CA released their Threat Landscape report for 2010, here is a summary:

- Notable movement from Windows executables to the web as an executable platform.

- IE, Java, PDF, and Flash player vulnerabilities are the biggest Zero-day attacks vectors.

- 84% of the total active exploited vulnerabilities are found in browser-based attacks.

- The top most prevalent worms propagate through removable drives, autorun.inf, network shares and social networking sites.

- The Internet is the primary threat distribution vector and source of infection.

- Crimeware’s latest offensive capabilities highlight Zeus and Spyeye.

- Rogue security software remains the most prevalent Internet threat.










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