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Information Technology News Malware record month driven by financial attacks
Information Technology News Malware record month driven by financial attacks | Malware record month driven by financial attacks |
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| by Stan Beer | |
| Thursday, 02 February 2006 | |
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The report was compiled from Sophos's global network of monitoring stations and reveals that a staggering record of 2,312 new pieces of malware were recorded in January - an increase of more than a third on the figures for December 2005. A large proportion of the new malware was Trojan horses, which are ideal for financially motivated hackers who want to target specific victims, whilst keeping their code firmly beneath the radar. Sober-Z, while still the worst offender in january, stopped spreading after 6 January 2006, signalling the end of its monopoly. The fall of Sober-Z early in the month has led to a shake-up in the rest of the chart, including the entry of the new Kama Sutra worm (Nyxem-D) and the re-entry of two previously prolific worms. The top ten viruses in January 2006 were as follows: 1. W32/Sober-Z 44.9% Third month at number one 2. W32/Netsky-P 8.7% 3. W32/Zafi-B 4.3% 4. W32/Nyxem-D 3.6% New entry 5. W32/Mytob-BE 3.1% 6. W32/Mytob-FO 2.7% 7. W32/Netsky-D 1.7% Re-entry 8. W32/Mytob-EX 1.6% 9. W32/Mytob-C 1.5% 10. W32/Mytob-AS 1.3% Re-entry Others 26.6%
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