McAfee Threats Report - 3Q 2011

Some highlights from the  McAfee Threats Report- 3Q 2011:

• '2011 continues to be an year of change, challenge and chaos in information security'.
• Increase in steath malware-- rootkits from the TDSS family, mobile malware targeting Android OS, spam and messaging threats, 
• Targeted spam (spear phishing) is getting sophisticated. 'Spearphishing is in many ways the stealth malware or rootkit of spam-- designed to bypass our mental filter using evasion and well-crafted lures'.
• Malicious iFrame infection was the no. 1 global threat.
• Botnets expanding globally
• Significant activity in cybercrime, cyberwarfare and hacktivism with some law enforcement wins.
• 75 million unique malware samples expected by end of 2011.

Further details at:
http://www.mcafee.com/us/resources/reports/rp-quarterly-threat-q3-2011.pdf
The previous quarterly reports for 2011 can also be seen at:
http://www.mcafee.com/us/resources/reports/rp-quarterly-threat-q2-2011.pdf
http://www.mcafee.com/us/resources/reports/rp-quarterly-threat-q1-2011.pdf

-Joseph Ponnoly