Panda Security: Cybercriminals seem to be working endlessly. For the sake of fact, the third quarter of 2014, created more than 20 million new malware variants, which translates into 227.747 new samples a day.
Most of these do not pose a risk to users who have a reliable security app installed on their computer, but the large number of malware running on a daily basis is really worrying.
Her researchers Panda Security in a report about the last quarter of the year report that most of the threats recorded through their systems were Trojans, representing 78,08% of the total number of samples, which is not surprising, because this malware category includes a a variety of threats such as backdoors, rootkits, infostealers, malware dowloaders, and droppers for ransomware and spyware.
Viruses and worms come in second and third respectively, representing 8,89% and 3,92%, according to with the presentation of its Technical Director PandaLabs, Luis Corrons.
In terms of infection rates, Trojans were responsible for most of them, while potentially unwanted programs (PUPs) came second, with a percentage of 14,55%.
According to the report, Europe is the region με το μικρότερο αριθμό μολύνσεων, και εννέα χώρες είναι στην πρώτη δεκάδα με τις πιο ασφαλείς. Η Νορβηγία και η Σουηδία κατέχουν τις πρώτες θέσεις. Η Japan it is the only Asian country on this list.
Malware for mobile operating systems, registered by the security company, appears to be developing and has evolved both in number and malware. According to the International Telecommunication Unit, there are around 2,3 billions of smartphones in the world, making mobile operating systems very mature for online criminal activities.
A report released by Kaspersky in October reveals that most mobile malware is built for platform του Android, και κατά το πρώτο εξάμηνο του έτους τα συστήματά τους κατέγραψαν 175.442 νέα μοναδικά κακόβουλα προγράμματα για αυτό το operating system only.
Banking Trojans are the leading threat to mobile phones, and most malicious programs for these devices come in disguised legal applications or updates.
