2013 Sophos Security Threat Report

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[Please view this presentation with notes] In 2012, we saw attackers extend their reach to new platforms like cloud services and mobile devices, adopt malware toolkits to build smarter attacks and target badly-configured websites to expose passwords and deliver malware. What does 2013 hold? Get the full report here: www.sophos.com/threatreport

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2013 Security Threat Report5 Threats to Watch

Richard Wang, SophosLabs

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Overview • 2012 in review

Specific threats • The year’s most widespread threats

Predictions • What 2013 will bring

2012 in reviewPlus ça change …

Faster adoption of exploits

Web delivery still rules supreme

More platforms attacked

New moneymaking

schemes

Significant threats of 2012

Java

Blackhole

Image:NASA

Blackhole v2

Blackhole deliveriesAugust – September 2012

ZbotRansomwarePWSSinowalFakeAVBackdoorZeroAccessDownloaderOther

Ransomware

75% unique

1 2 3 4 5 >50%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

Attacks per malware binary

3J-448481K3J-2443N4A4C-8293N4E3N-6464C1K4C-03J4A3P3N-04C1K3L4A3J-948481K3J-5443N4A4C-4293N4E3N-4464C1K4C-23J4A3P3N-04C1K3L4A3J-448481K3J-6443N4A4C-8293N4E3N-5464C1K4C-43J4A3P3N-74C1K3L4A

100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

Polymorphism

Mobile threats

2013

“Irreversible” attacks

Premiumattack kits

Better exploit mitigation

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