MCLEAN, Va., Nov. 4, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- CYREN (NASDAQ:
CYRN) today announced the release of its latest CYREN Cyber Threat
Report that examines trends surrounding malware, phishing, spam and
other online threats. The full report is available to download
here.
Friday Malware Spike Results in Busy Mondays for IT Security
Professionals
In the report, CYREN research confirms
long-held suspicions that criminals are purposely intensifying
their malware distribution on Fridays in order to take advantage of
employees who are less protected over the weekend. Examining daily
malware distribution trends during Q3 2015, CYREN detected an
average of 2.25 billion malware attachments on Fridays – that's
more than triple the number seen on Mondays during the same
quarter.
CYREN's findings validate the theory that Monday mornings are
one of the most common times for threats and breaches to appear on
corporate networks due to employees downloading unsafe content on
Saturdays and Sundays when using unsecured networks. When employees
take their devices home over the weekend, they often connect to the
Internet through public or personal unsecured Wi-Fi networks, and
proceed to surf the web, download content, and click on links
delivered through email.
Sophisticated Phishing Emails Target Corporate and Government
Email Credentials
The report also describes a new phishing
campaign that specifically targets organizations, not
individuals. The criminals attempt to gain the name of the
victim's employer as well as their names, email address, password
and phone number, using spoofed images from well-known and
reputable cloud service companies such as LinkedIn, Apple, and
Amazon.
CYREN analysts believe this may be part of a long-term threat
process in which criminals are trying to amass corporate login data
to eventually be sold and/or used in corporate breaches. The
attacks may also be intended to target well-known webmail services
that can be used to access corporate data. In most cases the
phishing websites are legitimate websites that have been
compromised. HTML code is then embedded in the hacked site,
providing an almost identical phishing experience wherever it is
found.
"These latest malware and phishing findings come on the heels of
Cyber Security Awareness Month as well as a fresh CYREN survey that
underscores just how difficult it is for the average user to
identify a threat," said Lior
Kohavi, CTO at CYREN. "Now, more than ever before, both
individuals and enterprises should embrace cyber security
awareness. Organizations must arm employees with knowledge of the
vast, ever-changing tricks used by criminals. This complimentary
quarterly Cyber Threat Report is part of CYREN's ongoing commitment
to aiding in this effort."
Other report highlights include:
- 6.25% of installed Android apps are malicious
- Spam hit a six-year low in September with an average of 47.4
billion daily spam emails sent that month
- The average number of daily spam emails detected by CYREN
decreased to 52 billion in Q3 from 55 billion in Q2
- Phishing URLs tracked by CYREN are down 19% from Q2 to Q3 –
likely a normalizing trend from the significant jump seen in
Q2
About CYREN
Founded in 1991, CYREN (NASDAQ and TASE:
CYRN) is a long-time innovator in cyber security. Through
full-function Security as a Service (SecaaS) and embedded
deployment options, CYREN provides web, email, mobile and endpoint
security solutions that are relied upon by the world's largest IT
companies to protect against today's advanced threats. CYREN
collects threat data and delivers real-time cyber intelligence
through a unique global network of over 500,000 points of presence
that processes 17 billion daily transactions and protects 600
million users. To learn more, visit www.cyren.com.
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