Analysis: IT Threat Evolution: Q3 2011

Analysis: IT Threat Evolution: Q3 2011: A simple message on a Google forum in August sparked an investigation which would eventually bring down the DigiNotar certificate authority.

IT Threat Evolution: Q3 2011

• Overview
  • Say goodbye to your business: the DigiNotar hack
  • Money for nothing attracts the pros to Bitcoin
  • Personal data of 35 million South Koreans in the hands of hackers
  • BIOS infection: perfecting the technology of concealment
  • Mobile threats. What will the future bring?
    • Statistics
    • Android malware takes the lead
    • Online banking and mobile Trojans
    • Checkered malware
  • Attacks on the world’s largest corporations
  • Geography: domain zones
• Statistics
• Online threats
  • Threats detected on the Internet
  • Malware-hosting countries
  • High-risk countries
  • Local threats
  • Threats detected on user computers
  • Countries with the highest risk of local infection
• Vulnerabilities
• Conclusion

Source: Kaspersky Securelist