SYMANTEC INTELLIGENCE REPORTJANUARY 2015
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CONTENTS
3 Summary
4 TARGETED ATTACKS + DATA BREACHES
5 Targeted Attacks
5 Attachments Used in Spear-Phishing Emails
5 Spear-Phishing Attacks by Size of Targeted Organization
5 Average Number of Spear-Phishing Attacks Per Day
6 Top-Ten Industries Targeted in Spear-Phishing Attacks
7 Data Breaches
7 Timeline of Data Breaches
8 Top-Ten Types of Information Breached
9 MALWARE TACTICS
10 Malware Tactics
10 Top-Ten Malware
10 Top-Ten Mac OSX Malware Blocked on OSX Endpoints
11 Ransomware Over Time
12 Vulnerabilities
12 Number of Vulnerabilities
12 Zero-Day Vulnerabilities
13 Browser Vulnerabilities
13 Plug-in Vulnerabilities
14 MOBILE THREATS
15 Mobile
15 Mobile Malware Families by Month, Android
16 PHISHING, SPAM + EMAIL THREATS
17 Phishing and Spam
17 Phishing Rate
17 Global Spam Rate
18 Email Threats
18 Proportion of Email Traffic Containing URL Malware
18 Proportion of Email Traffic in Which Virus Was Detected
19 About Symantec
19 More Information
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Summary
Welcome to the January edition of the Symantec Intelligence report. Symantec Intelligence aims to provide the latest analysis of cyber security threats, trends, and insights concerning malware, spam, and other potentially harmful business risks.
Symantec has established the most comprehensive source of Internet threat data in the world through the Symantec™ Global Intelligence Network, which is made up of more than 41.5 million attack sensors and records thousands of events per second. This network monitors threat activity in over 157 countries and territories through a combination of Symantec products and services such as Symantec DeepSight™ Threat Management System, Symantec™ Managed Security Services, Norton™ consumer products, and other third-party data sources.
The average number of spear-phishing attacks rose to 42 per day in January, up from 33 in December. Finance, Insurance, & Real Estate overtook Manufacturing in the Top-Ten Industries targeted for the month of January. The overall phishing rate also rose slightly in January, to one in 1,004 emails.
There were ten data breaches reported in January that took place during the same month. This number is likely to rise as more data breaches that occurred during the month are reported. In comparison, there were 14 new data breaches reported during January that took place between February and December of 2014.
Vulnerabilities are up during the month of January, with 494 disclosed and two zero-days discovered. Google Chrome reported the most browser vulnerabilities during the month of January, after Microsoft Internet Explorer lead for a number of months. Oracle, reporting on the Java program, disclosed the most plug-in vulnerabilities over the same time period. In previous month’s Adobe has held the top spot, with its Acrobat and Flash plug-ins.
We hope that you enjoy this month’s report and feel free to contact us with any comments or feedback.
Ben Nahorney, Cyber Security Threat Analyst [email protected]
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TAR
GETED
ATTACKS
+ DATA
BR
EACHES
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At a Glance
• The average number of spear-phishing attacks rose to 42 per day in January, up from 33 in December.
• The .doc file type was the most common attachment type used in spear-phishing attacks. The .class file type came in second.
• Organizations with 1-250 employees were the most likely to be targeted in January.
• Finance, Insurance, & Real Estate lead the Top-Ten Industries targeted, followed by Manufacturing.
Targeted Attacks
Average Number of Spear-PhishingAttacks Per DaySource: Symantec :: FEBRUARY 2014 — JANUARY 2015
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50
75
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125
150
175
200
225
250
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54 53 45 43
2033
141
84 84
54
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42
Attachments Used in Spear-Phishing Emails
Source: Symantec :: JANUARY 2015
Executable type January December
.doc 46.1% 26.7%
.class 9.9% 2.2%
.txt 8.3% 1.3%
.bin 8.0% 1.6%
.xls 7.8% –
.ace 5.0% –
.vbs 2.4% –
.exe 2.0% 15.7%
.pdf 1.9% 1.6%
.rtf 1.3% –
Spear-Phishing Attacks by Size of Targeted OrganizationSource: Symantec :: JANUARY 2015
Organization Size January December
1-250 35.2% 31.5%
251-500 7.8% 11.5%
501-1000 14.7% 6.6%
1001-1500 4.3% 3.5%
1501-2500 5.3% 9.3%
2500+ 32.7% 37.6%
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Top-Ten Industries Targeted in Spear-Phishing AttacksSource: Symantec :: JANUARY 2015
Construction
Energy/Utilities
Public Administration
Retail
Transportation, communications, electric,
Services - Non Traditional
Services - Professional
Wholesale
Manufacturing
Finance, insurance & Real Estate 29%
21 12
9 9
5 5
2 1 1
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Data Breaches
At a Glance
• There were ten data breaches reported in January that took place during the same month. This number is likely to rise as more data breaches that occurred during the month are reported.
• In comparison, there were 14 new data breaches reported during January that took place between February and Decem-ber of 2014.
• Real names, home addresses, and government ID numbers, such as Social Security numbers, are currently the top three types of data exposed in data breaches.
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INCIDENTS IDENTITIES EXPOSED (Millions)
Timeline of Data BreachesSource: Symantec :: FEBRUARY 2014 — JANUARY 2015
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Top-Ten Types of Information BreachedSource: Symantec :: FEBRUARY 2014 — JANUARY 2015
Real Names
Home Address
Gov ID numbers (Soc Sec)
Financial Information
Birth Dates
Email Addresses
Medical Records
Phone Numbers
Usernames & Passwords
Insurance
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67%
43%
43%
36%
33%
23%
23%
21%
17%
9%
MethodologyThis data is procured from the Norton Cybercrime Index (CCI). The Norton CCI is a statistical model that measures the levels of threats, including malicious software, fraud, identity theft, spam, phishing, and social engineering daily. The data breach section of the Norton CCI is derived from data breaches that have been reported by legitimate media sources and have exposed personal information.
In some cases a data breach is not publicly reported during the same month the incident occurred, or an adjustment is made in the number of identities reportedly exposed. In these cases, the data in the Norton CCI is updated. This causes fluctuations in the numbers reported for previous months when a new report is released.
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Malware Tactics
At a Glance
• W32.Ramnit!html was the most common malware blocked in January.
• W32.Ramnit and W32.Sality variants continue to dominate the top-ten malware list.
• The most common OSX threat seen on OSX was OSX.RSPlug.A, making up 19.2 percent of all OSX malware found on OSX Endpoints.
• The amount of ransom-ware seen during January decreased slightly when compared to December.
Top-Ten MalwareSource: Symantec :: JANUARY 2015
Rank Name January December
1 W32.Ramnit!html 6.5% 5.1%
2 W32.Almanahe.B!inf 5.8% 5.2%
3 W32.Sality.AE 5.5% 5.0%
4 W32.Ramnit.B 4.4% 3.7%
5 W32.Downadup.B 2.7% 2.4%
6 W32.Ramnit.B!inf 2.7% 2.3%
7 W32.SillyFDC.BDP!lnk 2.1% 1.6%
8 W32.Virut.CF 1.7% 1.7%
9 W97M.Downloader 1.2% –
10 W32.SillyFDC 1.1% 1.1%
Top-Ten Mac OSX Malware Blocked on OSX EndpointsSource: Symantec :: JANUARY 2015
Rank Malware Name January December
1 OSX.RSPlug.A 19.2% 10.1%
2 OSX.Keylogger 18.9% 16.3%
3 OSX.Wirelurker 10.5% 13.6%
4 OSX.Klog.A 9.3% 7.6%
5 OSX.Okaz 8.8% 11.2%
6 OSX.Luaddit 8.0% 9.3%
7 OSX.Stealbit.B 6.1% 4.1%
8 OSX.Flashback.K 3.2% 6.3%
9 OSX.Freezer 2.6% 2.7%
10 OSX.Weapox 2.4% –
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Ransomware Over TimeSource: Symantec :: FEBRUARY 2014 — JANUARY 2015
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149
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Number of VulnerabilitiesSource: Symantec :: FEBRUARY 2014 — JANUARY 2015
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575 600 596
457428399
542 562 579
473 494
Zero-Day VulnerabilitiesSource: Symantec :: FEBRUARY 2014 — JANUARY 2015
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Vulnerabilities
At a Glance
• There were 494 vulner-abilities disclosed during the month of January.
• There were two zero-day vulnerability disclosed during January.
• Google Chrome reported the most browser vulner-abilities during the month of January.
• Oracle, reporting on the Java program, disclosed the most plug-in vulner-abilities over the same time period.
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Browser VulnerabilitiesSource: Symantec :: FEBRUARY 2014 — JANUARY 2015
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Opera
Mozilla Firefox
Microsoft Internet Explorer
Google Chrome
Apple Safari
Plug-in VulnerabilitiesSource: Symantec :: FEBRUARY 2014 — JANUARY 2015
10
20
30
40
50
60
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80Java
Apple
Adobe
ActiveX
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BILE TH
REATS
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Mobile
Mobile Malware Families by Month, AndroidSource: Symantec :: FEBRUARY 2014 — JANUARY 2015
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At a Glance
• There were three Android malware families discov-ered in January.
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PHISH
ING
, SPAM
+ EMA
IL THR
EATS
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Phishing and Spam
Phishing RateSource: Symantec :: FEBRUARY 2014 — JANUARY 2015
1 in 0
1 in 500
1 in 1000
1 in 1500
1 in 2000
1 in 2500J
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2041
1610
647
1517
1004478
370
731
395496
1290
1587
At a Glance
• The phishing rate rose in January, at one in 1,004 emails, up from one in 1,517 emails in December.
• The global spam rate was 54 percent for the month of January.
• One out of every 207 emails contained a virus.
• Of the email traffic in the month of December, 5 percent contained a mali-cious URL.
Global Spam RateSource: Symantec :: FEBRUARY 2014 — JANUARY 2015
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100%
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55 55 5462
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Email Threats
Proportion of Email Traffic Containing URL MalwareSource: Symantec :: FEBRUARY 2014 — JANUARY 2015
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20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100%
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146 3
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1 in 100
1 in 150
1 in 200
1 in 250
1 in 300
1 in 350
1 in 400
1 in 450
1 in 500J
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Proportion of Email Traffic in Which Virus Was DetectedSource: Symantec :: FEBRUARY 2014 — JANUARY 2015
351
329
246
195
207188
141
234
183
232
351
270
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About Symantec
More Information
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• Norton Cybercrime Index: http://us.norton.com/cybercrimeindex/
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