Meanwhile, the report showed «Symantec» that the rate of viruses transmitted by electronic messages in the UAE rose to a message and one of every message 327.9, compared to a message and one in every 433.1 a month earlier. This comes with the convening of the Conference «Black Hat information security», in the second session, the Emirates Palace in the UAE capital, which consists of a series of hearings panel discussion and induction and training focused on the latest issues important to the urgent and pressing faced by the industry of information technology today.
Commenting on the findings of the report, said Bulent Tksuz, chief security strategy for the emerging markets in the «Symantec Corporation»: "The first objective of such targeted attacks is to achieve permeability is connected to the network of institutional target, and in many cases the objective to achieve permeability to the remote data institutional sensitive and confidential. Of course, such attacks involve the damage and the risk of potentially serious for the institution or the target company, as it represents a long-term serious threat to the economy of many countries in the Middle East. As many people know, the targeted attacks designed to steal confidential information or sensitive, or perhaps trade secrets, and attacks such as Stuxnet, the goal is to paralyze or disrupt operations and the destruction of critical infrastructure. "
While escalating targeted attacks, and spam e-mails arrived in the world to the lowest level in three years. Despite this decline the world, remained the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia among the top five countries targeted electronic messages spam, and during the month of November came the Kingdom came in second in terms of e-mail spam flowing, as it were repulsed 76.6 percent of e-mails received as messages intrusive (in the significant decline for the month October when the rate stood at 80.5 percent), which is second only to Russia, which is the rate of spam e-mails in which 76.7 percent.
He Tksuz, "three years ago was the impact of the enormous amount of spam e-mails adults, accounting for spam e-mails about 68.0 percent of e-mails flowing around the world. The decline in frequency during the slow recently, but specialists in the launch of spam now accustomed to the use of systematic attacks against the beneficiaries of the means of social communication Adelphia as an alternative to spam messages. "
Report also noted «Symantec» for the month of November to the large-sized companies with more than 2,500 employees are the most affected by the targeted attacks, where the figures indicate 36.7 to repel attack by day. In parallel, facing the small and medium-sized enterprises with fewer than 250 employees more security issues are urgent, according to the most recent regional study conducted by «Symantec» is only 29 percent of 628 of senior executives or owners of small and medium-sized respondents Arab Emirates and the United Arab Republic of Egypt and Saudi Arabia said they did not face before any attack is known in the form of viruses or malicious software targeting systems of information technology in their companies, as indicated between 57 to 72 percent of respondents said that virus attacks are one of the most important concerns, as expressed between 44 to 63 percent of respondents expressed fear of attacks, hacking of Foreign Affairs.
Decreased the percentage of global spam in November by 3.7 percentage points compared to October last for up to 70.5 percent (spam messages out of every 1.42 a message).
In November, the higher the rate of phishing for personal information and confidentiality by 0.04 percentage points, accounting for an email of every message 302.0 (0.33 percent), a form of phishing attacks and confidentiality of personal information.
Global ratio of viruses transmitted by electronic messages amounted to an email and one of every message 255.8 (0.39 percent) during November, a decline of 0.03 percentage points compared to October of the same year. The report also showed that 40.2 percent of malware transmitted electronic messages contained links to malicious sites, an increase of 20.1 points a percentage compared to October of the same year.
Threats of malicious software over the Internet: in the month of November, the monitoring experts «Symantec» an average of 4915 from Web sites that carry malicious software and other software spam potential, such as spyware and advertising and other, an increase of 47.8 percent compared to October of the same year.
Threat points or peripheral devices: more malware that has been repeatedly thwarted in November 2011 WS.Trojan.H, which is the mechanism to detect generalized cloud for files that are not classified qualities threats before.
Trends by geographical regions:
Spam
• Russia was ranked first among the countries of the world in terms of the number of spam e-mails during the month of November 2011, averaging 76.7 percent.
• Saudi Arabia was ranked second in terms of the number of spam e-mails during the month of November 2011, averaging 76.6 percent.
• As in the United Kingdom, bringing the rate of spread of 69.5 percent.
• Turning to the Netherlands, the rate of proliferation of spam e-mails 70.5 percent of e-mails, while the rate of 70.1 percent in Germany, and 70.4 in Denmark.
• In Australia, the detecting and preventing 68.6 percent of email messages as intrusive, while the corresponding figure 69.2 percent in Hong Kong, and 68.0 percent in Singapore, and 66.6 percent in Japan.
• Turning to South Africa and Brazil, the prevalence of spam e-mails 70.1 and 74.3 percent respectively.
Fraud and forgery
• once again come South Africa in November 2011 in the first rank in terms of the countries targeted by phishing attacks private and confidential, classified as an email and one of every 96.2 email as an attempt to hunt private and confidential information.
• ranked second, followed by the United Kingdom, where the classified electronic message and one in every 167.0 message as an attempt to hunt private and confidential information.
• As in North America, reaching levels of those attacks, email and one of every message 461.8 in the United States, compared to an email and one of every message 242.4 in Canada.
• In comparison, in Germany classified message and one in every 426.2 message as an attempt to hunt private and confidential information, compared to a single letter of every message in Denmark 781.5, 250.4, and between each message in the Netherlands.
• Turning to Australia, phishing attacks were private and confidential information in an email and one of every message 361.0, 517.0, compared with an email in Hong Kong, 2058 email in Japan, 609.7, and email in Singapore.
• As in Brazil amounted to an email from 775.3 per email.
Threats via e-mail messages:
• remain in the United Kingdom ranked first in terms of the proportion of e-mails involving malicious threats during the month of November 2011, was classified as an email and one out of every 149.4 message as a source of malicious software.
• ranked second, followed by Switzerland was classified as an email and one out of every 185.6 message as a source of malicious software.
• South Africa regained its place this month between the five countries most affected by the threats of malicious electronic messages transmitted during the month of November, it was monitored and repel an email and one out of every 222.5 message as a source of malicious software.
• The United States of America Vtm detecting and preventing an email and one out of every 360.1 message as a source of viruses and malicious threats, compared to 219.9 in Canada, in Germany, 275.0, and 710.5 in Denmark, and 238.2 in the Netherlands.
• In comparison, the average email and one of every message in Australia 326.2, 325.8, and email in Hong Kong, 1147 email in Japan, and 450.0 in Singapore.
• Turning to Brazil, set up an email and one in every 570.6 email source of malicious software.
Approaches to:
• with the decline in the pace of spam e-mails this month, the auto industry at the forefront of vertical sectors hardest hit by the spam e-mails during the month of November, where the rate of spam emails 73.0 percent.
• In comparison, the rate of e-mails spammed 71.5 percent in the education sector, compared with 69.1 percent in the pharmaceutical and chemical industries, and the proportion of 69.3 percent in the services sector, information technology, and the proportion of 69.0 percent in the retail sector, and the proportion of 68.8 per sector, public institutions, and the proportion of 69.2 percent in the financial services sector.
• the rate of e-mails that targeted small and medium-sized (1-250 employees) increased by 69.4 percent compared to 69.7 percent for large companies (more than 2500 employees).
• sector came public institutions at the forefront of the sectors most affected by phishing attacks private and confidential information during the month of November, which involved an email and one out of every 120.9 a message on the attack of this kind.
• In comparison, the rate of phishing attacks private and confidential information in the chemical industry and pharmaceutical email and one out of every 407.5 message, compared to 377.0 in the services sector, information technology, and 397.0 in the retail sector, and 130.5 in the education sector, and 331.7 in the financial services sector.
• As for phishing attacks private and confidential information that targeted small and medium-sized (1-250 employees) were: the email and one out of every 211.0 message, compared to an email and one in every 334.0 messages between large-sized companies (more than 2500 employees).
• The public sector institutions most affected during the month of November in terms of malicious messages, which amounted to an email and one of every 74.3 message.
• Levels of viruses that targeted the pharmaceutical and chemical industries amounted to an email and one of every message 275.5, 276.6, compared to a message in the services sector, information technology, and a 337.1 in the retail sector, and a 105.2 in the education sector, and 386.6 in the message financial services.
• malicious attacks and formed a transmitted electronic messages and targeted for small and medium-sized (1-250 employees) email from 253.7 per message, compared with 249.9 a message between large-sized companies (more than 2500 employees).
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