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p. 34 Symantec Corporation Internet Security Threat Report <strong>2013</strong> :: Volume 18 SOCIaL NETWORkINg, MObILE, aNd ThE CLOUd Cumulative Mobile android Malware, Families and Variants 2010 to 2012 Source: Symantec FAMILIES (CUMULATIVE) 200 180 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 Mobile Threats by device Type in 2012 Source: Symantec Device Type JAN, 2010 Android malware 103 symbian malware 3 Windows Mobile malware 1 iOs malware 1 JAN 2011 JAN, 2011 Number of Threats JAN 2012 JAN, 2012 VARIANTS FAMILIES • 2012 saw a 58 percent increase in mobile malware families compared to 2011. The year’s total now accounts for 59 percent of all malware to-date. • At the same time the number of variants within each family has increased dramatically, from an average ratio of variants per family of 5:1 in 2011 to 38:1 in 2012. This indicates that threat authors are spending more time repackaging or making minor changes to their threats, in order to spread them further and avoid detection. In contrast to vulnerabilities, Android was by far the most commonly targeted mobile platform in 2012, comprising 103 out of 108 unique threats. 5,000 4,500 4,000 3,500 3,000 2,500 2,000 1,500 1,000 500 0 VARIANTS (CUMULATIVE)
p. 35 Symantec Corporation Internet Security Threat Report <strong>2013</strong> :: Volume 18 SOCIaL NETWORkINg, MObILE, aNd ThE CLOUd Mobile Vulnerabilities by OS Source: Symantec Platform Apple iOs 387 Android 13 BlackBerry 13 nokia 0 LG electronics 0 Windows Mobile 2 analysis Documented Vulnerabilities Spam and Phishing Move to Social Media In the last few years, we’ve seen a significant increase in spam and phishing on social media sites. Criminals follow users to popular sites. As Facebook and Twitter have grown in popularity for users, they have also attracted more criminal activity. However, in the last year, online criminals have also started targeting newer, fast-growing sites such as Instagram, Pinterest, and Tumblr. Typical threats include fake gift cards and survey scams. These kinds of fake offer scams account for more than half (56 percent) of all social media attacks. For example, in one scam the victim sees a post on somebody’s Facebook wall or on their Pinterest feeds (where content appears from the people they follow or in specific categories) that says “Click here for a $100 gift card.” When the user clicks on the link, they go to a website where they are asked to sign up for any number of offers, turning over personal details in the process. The spammers get a fee for each registration and, of course, there’s no gift card at the end of the process. The vast majority of vulnerabilities on mobile systems were on the iOS platform. However, the higher number of vulnerabilities is not indicative of a higher level of threat, because most mobile threats have not used software vulnerabilities. Typical social media scam. Fake website with bogus survey.
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