eScan releases its Malware Report
eScan has conducted a research and come up with a report based on malware URLs collected.
This report representing the growth in malware-infected URLs in the last couple of months mainly consisted of polymorphic malware, of which 70% were all email-borne malware. Social engineering is also on the rise in the form of email-based malware pretending to be forwarded by a colleague. SEO poisoning has risen to such an extent that the chances of clicking an infected link has significantly increased in the last year, says the report by eScan lab. Malicious websites looking to cash in on trending news, make use of Botnets to artificially inflate search rankings. 85% of all email is still mostly spam, while 81% contain links to malicious websites. The report provides details on the top Malware Insights, Malware URL Count (hosted countries), Malware count by file extension, Domain Wise Malware Hosting. Malicious Java iFrames and Obfuscated JavaScripts continue to dominate the chart as attackers continue to take advantage of vulnerabilities in websites and web servers to implant malicious code.
Govind Rammurthy, MD & CEO, eScan, said, "The good news for all eScan customers is that eScan detects all known variants of malware and findings from this report will provide them valuable information on how to make safe their precious data from being infected."eScan users can protect their operating systems from this worm by simply obtaining the latest virus updates through eScan or from the eScan website.
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