Juniper Mobile Threat Centre Report for 2013 shows how in spite of increased awareness and preemptive measures there’s no end to proliferation of datastealing viruses.
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Whether people were merely fooled or ended up losing sensitive information is not known. But it illustrated how vulnerable the security ecosystem is.
Juniper Mobile Threat Centre Report for 2013 shows how in spite of increased awareness and preemptive measures there's no end to proliferation of datastealing viruses. There was a 155% increase in mobile malware in 2011, while from March 2012 to March 2013 there was a 614% increase. "As many as 73% of all malware exploit holes in the mobile payment by fraudulent premium SMS messages, each generating around $10 in immediate profit," says the report. There are more than 500 third-party app stores containing malicious apps. Android-based malware went up from 47% to 92% last year.
IBM's X-Force report speaks of increase in Advance Persistent Threat to enterprises. The exploitation of web application vulnerabilities rose 14% in 2012 to more than 3,500 known issues or 43% of all reported vulnerabilities led by types of web attacks like 'crosssite scripting' and 'SQL injection' , says the report. "The level of XSS (cross-site scripting) vulnerabilities was the highest X-Force has ever seen, at 53%, driven by third-party add-ons or plug-ins for content management systems. There was also operational sophistication in the way spam botnetsimproved their resiliency against takedowns. Both SQL Injection and Distributed Denial of Service increased year-toyear from 2011."
IBM recently launched a set of network solutions that simplify security management interface. "The next-Gen intrusion prevention appliance helps clients address advanced attacks targeting organizations, by providing visibility into exactly what applications are being used on the network. It enables organizations to monitor and control the activity thereby improving security and reducing cost," said Roman Tuma, director, growth markets, IBM Security System.
Another report, by Kaspersky Lab, said that it detected 19,938,954 internet-borne malware incidents on computers in India during April-June this year. The report says that the attacks via web browsers are the primary method for spreading malicious programs. The virus comes in by exploiting vulnerabilities in browsers, or by misleading a user into believing that a program is genuine. Overall, 35.6% of users were attacked by web-borne threats during this period. This places India in the 15th place worldwide when it comes to the dangers associated with surfing the web.
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