The Threat Landscape Shifts Significantly in the European Union

ronjor · Jun 26, 2012

Tim Rains - Microsoft
25 Jun 2012 2:00 AM

Recently I spoke at the Microsoft EU Cybersecurity & Digital Crimes Forum 2012 in Brussels. I provided an in-depth briefing on some of the significant shifts in threat landscape in the EU during the second half of 2011. I will be sharing some of the key findings of this analysis in a short series of articles.

Of the 27 member states of the European Union (EU) we have identified the locations with the highest malware infection rates. We determine this using a measure called computers cleaned per mille (CCM). The CCM is the number of computers found infected with malware for every 1,000 systems scanned by the Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) which runs on over 600 million systems worldwide on a monthly basis.
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https://blogs.technet.com/b/securit...he-european-union-part-1.aspx?Redirected=true

ronjor · Jun 28, 2012

Re: The Threat Landscape Shifts Significantly in the European Union - Part 1

The Threat Landscape Shifts Significantly in the European Union - Part 2

Tim Rains - Microsoft
27 Jun 2012 2:00 AM

In part 1 of this series on the threat landscape in the European Union in the second half of 2011, I examined the threats in the location with the highest malware infection rate, Romania. In this segment of the series I will examine what is happening in the EU member states that have seen the biggest increases in malware infection rates in the last half of 2011, Austria, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands.
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https://blogs.technet.com/b/securit...he-european-union-part-2.aspx?Redirected=true

G1111 · Jun 28, 2012

Re: The Threat Landscape Shifts Significantly in the European Union - Part 1

Thanks Ron.

ronjor · Jun 28, 2012

Re: The Threat Landscape Shifts Significantly in the European Union - Part 1

You're very welcome G1111

ronjor · Jul 5, 2012

Re: The Threat Landscape Shifts Significantly in the European Union - Part 1

Part Three.

kareldjag · Jul 5, 2012

hi
As said Control Machete...Si Senor...

rgds

Baserk · Jul 6, 2012

High adsl/cable internet penetration, large % of pop. do online banking, relatively high savings.
And of course as always; '...upwards of 60% of Java installations are never up to the current patch level. Since so many computers aren’t updated, even older exploits can be used to compromise victims'. link, combined with updated Blacole link et al.
Unfortunate but logical.

Nebulus · Jul 8, 2012

The analysis is interesting, but I find it funny that Microsoft considers Win32/Keygen and Win32/Wpakill as threats to the user, when in fact they are a threat to Microsoft and other software companies in general. Considering this element, the analisys for countries like Romania (where the piracy rate is very high) is biased towards an upper infection rate.

kareldjag · Jul 8, 2012

hi
MST has now a cybercrime blog, and i remember a good paper about the excessive articles and data given to cybercrime by the security industry (as MST is not a security editor, the studies are quite more objectives).
Also interesting a map about crime activity by country
http://hostexploit.com/blog/14-reports/3538-mapping-cybercrime-by-country.html
GlobalsecurityMap http://globalsecuritymap.com/

Rgds

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