Fortinet has announced its November 2009 Threatscape report which showed consistent highs in overall malware detected, marking the third month of significantly increased activity.
Contributing to the high volume were new variants of Pushdo/Cutwail, which pushed the rampant Bredolab loader from last period’s report out of mainstream in order to secure the number one and two positions in the top 10 malware list. Not far behind, ZBot and Scareware still remained active, borrowing popular and successful social engineering and spam tactics to gain ground. iPhone threats were also very active in November with four new attacks reported.
“For the last few months, we have reported record highs in the overall volume of malware and daily attacks, with threat levels continuing to top that of the previous month,” said Derek Manky, Project Manager, cyber security and threat research, Fortinet. “We are seeing innovation at its scariest, as hackers remain committed to evolving their scams and developing new approaches. Enterprises must bring the same level of commitment to security, update software, employ valid intrusion prevention systems and layer security within and around the network in order to guard against the new vulnerabilities and zero-day attacks that rise to the surface each month.”
FortiGuard Labs compiled threat statistics and trends for November based on data collected from FortiGate network security appliances and intelligence systems in production worldwide. Customers who use Fortinet’s FortiGuard Subscription Services should already be protected against the threats outlined in this report.
