BitDefender's Top Ten Malware List
Lafe Low over at Redmond Magazine gives some interesting analysis on the types of Malware being reported. According to the report, old school file-based infectors are making a comeback. As I've said many times before, Malware follows a sort of sine wave, with the bad guys figuring out new (or in this case, old) tactics to beat the good guys. Then, the good guys change their tactics to suit. That's why we tend to see the levels of infection go up and down over time.
Click past the fold for Lafe's full discussion as well as the top 10 malware currently in the wild...
David Letterman has his Top 10 list once a week (writers' strike notwithstanding), and the awards season is coming up with the Golden Globes, People's Choice and more Hollywood galas than you can count. So, naturally, it's the perfect time for BitDefender to announce
the top 10 "winners" in its annual malware and spam listings.
BitDefender's 2007 top 10 malware list includes (drumroll please, and some envelope-fumbling by a second-rate celebrity):
1. Trojan.Peed.Gen
2. BehavesLike:Trojan.Downloader
3. Win32.Netsky.P@mm
4. Trojan.Peed.A
5. Win32.Nyxem.E@mm
6. Win32.Sality.M
7. Win32.NetSky.D@mm
8. Win32.Virtob.2.Gen
9. Win32.Netsky.AA@mm
10. Trojan.Peed.P
"BitDefender's top 10 for 2007 reflects a re-emergence of file infectors as a credible threat, primarily because of widespread P2P sharing," said Viorel Canja, head of BitDefender's ntivirus Lab.
This list was devised by number of detections. Let's hope you never see any of these "famous" faces.
BitDefender also released its top 10 in spam categories, always a popular event. Political spam made a big splash, which is expected to continue as the next presidential race narrows down and heats up
BitDefender's 2007 top 10 spam list includes:
1. Penny stocks
2. Drugs (fake prescriptions)
3. Pornography
4. Replica watches
5. Loans
6. Phishing
7. Pirated software
8. Fake job ads
9. Dating sites
10. Fake diplomas
To read more about malware and spam frolicking in its natural environment, check out BitDefender's Defense Portal site:
http://www.bitdefender.com/site/VirusInfo/realTimeReporting/
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