March, a run of-the-mill malware writer month.SoftScan reports that there has been little change in its March statistics of virus and spam E-mail that is not requested. Also known as "unsolicited commercial e-mail" (UCE), "unsolicited bulk e-mail" (UBE), "gray mail" and just plain "junk mail," the term is both a noun (the e-mail message) and a verb (to send it). activity. The top five virus families almost mirrors last month's and spare levels are still high, accounting for 84.06% of all email scanned by SoftScan. "March has been just another run of-the-mill malware (MALicious softWARE) Software designed to destroy, aggravate and otherwise make life unhappy. See crimeware, virus, worm, logic bomb, macro virus and Trojan. writer month," says Diego d'Ambra, CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. of SoftScan. "However, every day that passes the chances of a new Sober outbreak increases. Unlike other malware, Sober tends to come in waves every few months, the last time was now quite a while ago in November. But just like a volcano scientist, it's impossible to predict when, if ever, Sober will erupt again." Top five Virus families for March are: netsky: 31.94% phishing Pronounced "fishing," it is a scam to steal valuable information such as credit card and social security numbers, user IDs and passwords. Also known as "brand spoofing," an official-looking e-mail is sent to potential victims pretending to be from their ISP, bank or retail establishment. : 30.73% mytob: 18.13% nyxem: 5.95% htmliframe: 5.58% Viruses accounted for 0.53% of all email scanned by SoftScan in March. |
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