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2007 X-Force Report Preview - Malcode Trends

Posted by Kris Lamb on February 08, 2008 at 2:08 PM EST.

We wrap up our week of X-Force report preview posts with an excerpt on from the malcode analysis section of the report. This snippet in particular deals with the malcode categorization trends X-Force observed throughout 2007:

Malcode Categorization Trends

Other than a spike at the end of the year, mainly caused by Net-Worm.Win32.Allaple, worm activity remained relatively consistent throughout 2007. This reflects smaller outbreaks of specific malware families and, thus, shorter and more contained serial variant attacks from worms. For example, Nuwar, the original Storm worm and propagator of Peacomm, was easily detectable. Hence, the propagation technique shifted to mass spamming. In contrast, X-Force has observed a consistent increase in Trojans as the dominant malcode threat, which comes as no surprise given the focus on using Trojans for sustained targeted attacks.

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