At June edition of the report Symantec Intelligence Report Symantec highlights the latest cyber security threats, trends and opinions surrounding malicious software, for spam and other potential risks.
The last data breach reported in June resulted in report 1.3 million identities. This number may seem small compared to 145 millions exposed in the largest breach of May. However, while the report was made in June, this breach also took place during the month of May. This brings the total number of identities exposed in May to over 147 million, ranking May as the second worst month for databreaches in the last 12 months.
There was an average of 88 spear-phishing attacks per day in June. This shows the return of spear-phishing levels to those observed in the months of May and April, after falling back on average in May.
A relatively new OSX threat with the name OSX.Stealbit.B topped Symantec's OSX malware list, responsible for 25,7% of threats found on OSX systems. This threat looks for specific bitcoin-related software on OSX computers and will try to modify the programs to intercept bitcoins.
The number of Android variants per threat family has reached the lowest levels in the last twelve months. Although there has been no significant change in the number of threat families found in June, it may indicate that attackers have been more successful with current threats, so their need to create multiple variations has diminished.
June was a quiet month as far as the vulnerabilities, as (only) 438 vulnerabilities were reported - making it the lowest number reported in the last 12 months. Also, there were no zero day vulnerabilities disclosed during the month.
More detailed information on the Symantec Intelligence Report for June in the following link.