Two Decades of Malware

THREAT MORPHOSIS THE SHIFTING MOTIVATIONS BEHIND DIGITAL THREATS VIRUS ERA COMPUTER VIRUSES ARE CREATED FOR PERSONAL GAIN (NOTORIETY), RESEARCH PROJECTS, FUN/A MOTIVATION REACH BEHAVIOR COMPLEXITY 018 O PRANKS, O VANDALISM, OTHERS ETC. ARE a MADE FOR PROGRAM IMPROVEMENTS. VANDALISM LIMITED FILE SINGLE CORRUPTION COMPONENT HOW BAD CAN IT GET: SOFTWARE DESTRUCTION 1986 BRAIN 0120081101800 1999 MELISSA CREATED BY TWO PAKISTANI BROTHERS, BECOMES THE 0100811 WORLD'S FIRST PC VIRUS. OVERLOADS SERVERS AND CAUSES MAJOR 010011010 DAMAGE. TYPE OF HALMARE: FILE INFECTOR TYPE OF MALMARE: MACRO 1992 MICHELANGELO ERASES THE FIRST 100 SECTORS OF A HARD DRIVE. TYRE OE MAL MARE: ENDERING IT USELESS ΤΥΡΕ ETLE WORM OUTBREAK ERA AN OUTBREAK IS THE PROPAGATION OF THE SAME SECURITY THREAT INTO DIFFERENT ACOMPUTERS WITHIN A RELATIVELY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. MOTIVATION REACH BEHAVIOR COMPLEXITY THERE WERE 30 MAJOR WITH16,880 NOTORIETY NETWORKS WIDESPREAD VULNERABILITY PROPAGATION USE OUTBREAKS HOW BAD CAN IT GET: CLOGGED NETWORKS MALWARE DEFECTIONS AND MORE THAN 2000 ILOVEYOU aka LOVELETTER INFECTED ATTACKS MILLIONS OF COMPUTERS THROUGH SOCIAL ENGINEERING. TYPE OF MALHARE: VB SCRIPT 37,000,000 HLES IN 2004 2001 CODERED ATTACKS COMPUTERS RUNNING MICROSOFT'S INTERNET INFORMATION SERVICES (IIS) WEB SERVER. 2004 SASSER SPREADS AROUND EUROPE, ASIA, LATIN AMERICA, TYPE OF MALKARE: WORM AND IN THE U.S. TYPE OF MALWARE: WORM NIMDA INFECTS COMPUTERS THROUGH MALICIOUS EMAIL ATTACHMENTS. TYPE OF MALKARE: FILE INFECTOR MYDOOM, BAGLE, AND NETSKY BECOME NOTORIOUS MASS-MAILERS. ТYPE OF MAL НARE: MORM WEB THREAT ERA INTHE UNDERGROUND ECONOMY, A PERSON'S CREDITCARD NUMBER IS WORTH BETWEEN US$7AND $25. MOTIVATION REACH BEHAVIOR COMPLEXITY 2$ TREND MICRO SAW A 2,135% WORLD WIDE INFORMATION WEB PROFIT MULTIH THEFT COMPONENT INCREASE IN WEB THREATS FROM 2005-2008. HOW BAD CAN IT GET: MAJOR FINANCIAL LOSS 2004 BANCOS PERFORMS ILLEGAL ONLINE BANKING BY LOGGING KEYSTROKES. 92% OF DIGITAL 2JL THREATS ARRIVE TYPE OF MALKARE: TROJAN 2006 "THE ITALIAN JOB" COMPROMISES LEGITIMATE WEBSITES. TYPE OF MALKARE: MALICIOUS HTML, TROJAN, BACKDOOR ULA VIA THE 12007 ZEUS AN INFOSTEALER KIT, IS DISCOVERED. TYPE OF HALWARE: TROJAN INTERNET IN 2008 A CONFICKER aka DOWNAD 2008 FAKEAV HITS ENTERPRISES AS IT EXPLOITS A WINDONS SPREADING VIA SPAM REPORTS INCREASES. TYPE OF MALWARE: TROJAN VULNERABILITY (MS88-067). TYPE OF MALKARE: WORM SOCIAL ATTACKS ERA 35 THERE ARE NEW THREATS PER SECOND MOTIVATION REACH BEHAVIOR COMPLEXITY (ALMOST 12,600 PER HOUR!) SABOTAGE AND PROFIT IDENTIFED TARGETS CUSTOM- MADE PLATFORM- BASED HOW BAD CAN IT GET: FOR HOME USERS: FINANCIAL LOSS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES: BANKRUPTCY FOR CARGE CIOR FINANCIAL LOSS 1/3 OF WEB USERSARE ATTACKED BY CYBERCRIMINALS USINGSOCIAL NETWORKING SITES TO TARGET VICTIMS. ORGANIZATIONS: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 2010 KOOBFACE TARGETS FACEBOOK USERS. TYPE OF MALKARE: WORM 2009 MALICIOUS LINKS ON THITTER ARE FOUND TO CARRY MALKARE. TYPE OF HALWARE: TROJAN Source: http://www.nsslabs.com/ A RECENT STUDY REVEALED THAT THREE FAKEAV PROVIDERS EARNED A COMBINED TOTAL OF STUXNET EXPLOITS NINDOWS' VULNERABILITIES TO TARGET SCADA SYSTEMS. TYPE OF MALMARE: WORM US$130 2010 DROIDSMS THE FIRST ANDROID TROJAN, IS SEEN IN THE WILD. DURING THE COURSE OF THEIR CAMPAIGN. 2011 DATA BREACHES AND HIGHLY TARGETED ATTACKS RAMP UP. A DATA BREACH REFERS TO THE EXFILTRATION OF DATA FROM A SYSTEM HITHOUT THE KNOWLEDGE OR CONSENT OF ITS OWNER. SEVERAL ONLINE ATACKS ATTACKS TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE MARCH 11 JAPAN EARTHQUAKE DISASTER. HACKTIVISM INCIDENTS ESCALATE. "SOLDIER" SPYEYE HACKTIVISM IS A COMBINATION OF "HACKING" AND "AC- TIVISM", ROOTED IN CULTURAL AND/OR GEOPOLITICAL UNREST. TRENDLABS UNCOVERS THE ATTACKS THAT STOLE US$3.2M FROM JANUARY TO JUNE. TYPE OF MALMARE: TROJAN TREND. M ICRO Trendabs Cta i SeertO Center of TRONO MCO THREAT MORPHOSIS THE SHIFTING MOTIVATIONS BEHIND DIGITAL THREATS VIRUS ERA COMPUTER VIRUSES ARE CREATED FOR PERSONAL GAIN (NOTORIETY), RESEARCH PROJECTS, FUN/A MOTIVATION REACH BEHAVIOR COMPLEXITY 如 00 018 O PRANKS, O VANDALISM, OTHERS ETC. ARE a MADE FOR PROGRAM IMPROVEMENTS. VANDALISM LIMITED FILE SINGLE CORRUPTION COMPONENT HOW BAD CAN IT GET: SOFTWARE DESTRUCTION 1986 BRAIN 0120081101800 1999 MELISSA CREATED BY TWO PAKISTANI BROTHERS, BECOMES THE 0100811 WORLD'S FIRST PC VIRUS. OVERLOADS SERVERS AND CAUSES MAJOR 010011010 DAMAGE. TYPE OF HALMARE: FILE INFECTOR TYPE OF MALMARE: MACRO 1992 MICHELANGELO ERASES THE FIRST 100 SECTORS OF A HARD DRIVE. TYRE OE MAL MARE: ENDERING IT USELESS ΤΥΡΕ ETLE WORM OUTBREAK ERA AN OUTBREAK IS THE PROPAGATION OF THE SAME SECURITY THREAT INTO DIFFERENT ACOMPUTERS WITHIN A RELATIVELY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. MOTIVATION REACH BEHAVIOR COMPLEXITY THERE WERE 30 MAJOR WITH16,880 NOTORIETY NETWORKS WIDESPREAD VULNERABILITY PROPAGATION USE OUTBREAKS HOW BAD CAN IT GET: CLOGGED NETWORKS MALWARE DEFECTIONS AND MORE THAN 2000 ILOVEYOU aka LOVELETTER INFECTED ATTACKS MILLIONS OF COMPUTERS THROUGH SOCIAL ENGINEERING. TYPE OF MALHARE: VB SCRIPT 37,000,000 HLES IN 2004 2001 CODERED ATTACKS COMPUTERS RUNNING MICROSOFT'S INTERNET INFORMATION SERVICES (IIS) WEB SERVER. 2004 SASSER SPREADS AROUND EUROPE, ASIA, LATIN AMERICA, TYPE OF MALKARE: WORM AND IN THE U.S. TYPE OF MALWARE: WORM NIMDA INFECTS COMPUTERS THROUGH MALICIOUS EMAIL ATTACHMENTS. TYPE OF MALKARE: FILE INFECTOR MYDOOM, BAGLE, AND NETSKY BECOME NOTORIOUS MASS-MAILERS. ТYPE OF MAL НARE: MORM WEB THREAT ERA INTHE UNDERGROUND ECONOMY, A PERSON'S CREDITCARD NUMBER IS WORTH BETWEEN US$7AND $25. MOTIVATION REACH BEHAVIOR COMPLEXITY 2$ TREND MICRO SAW A 2,135% WORLD WIDE INFORMATION WEB PROFIT MULTIH THEFT COMPONENT INCREASE IN WEB THREATS FROM 2005-2008. HOW BAD CAN IT GET: MAJOR FINANCIAL LOSS 2004 BANCOS PERFORMS ILLEGAL ONLINE BANKING BY LOGGING KEYSTROKES. 92% OF DIGITAL 2JL THREATS ARRIVE TYPE OF MALKARE: TROJAN 2006 "THE ITALIAN JOB" COMPROMISES LEGITIMATE WEBSITES. TYPE OF MALKARE: MALICIOUS HTML, TROJAN, BACKDOOR ULA VIA THE 12007 ZEUS AN INFOSTEALER KIT, IS DISCOVERED. TYPE OF HALWARE: TROJAN INTERNET IN 2008 A CONFICKER aka DOWNAD 2008 FAKEAV HITS ENTERPRISES AS IT EXPLOITS A WINDONS SPREADING VIA SPAM REPORTS INCREASES. TYPE OF MALWARE: TROJAN VULNERABILITY (MS88-067). TYPE OF MALKARE: WORM SOCIAL ATTACKS ERA 35 THERE ARE NEW THREATS PER SECOND MOTIVATION REACH BEHAVIOR COMPLEXITY (ALMOST 12,600 PER HOUR!) SABOTAGE AND PROFIT IDENTIFED TARGETS CUSTOM- MADE PLATFORM- BASED HOW BAD CAN IT GET: FOR HOME USERS: FINANCIAL LOSS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES: BANKRUPTCY FOR CARGE CIOR FINANCIAL LOSS 1/3 OF WEB USERSARE АТТАСKED BY CYBERCRIMINALS USINGSOCIAL NETWORKING SITES TO TARGET VICTIMS. ORGANIZATIONS: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 2010 KOOBFACE TARGETS FACEBOOK USERS. TYPE OF MALKARE: WORM 2009 MALICIOUS LINKS ON THITTER ARE FOUND TO CARRY MALKARE. TYPE OF HALWARE: TROJAN Source: http://www.nsslabs.com/ A RECENT STUDY REVEALED THAT THREE FAKEAV PROVIDERS EARNED A COMBINED TOTAL OF STUXNET EXPLOITS NINDOWS' VULNERABILITIES TO TARGET SCADA SYSTEMS. TYPE OF MALMARE: WORM US$130 2010 DROIDSMS THE FIRST ANDROID TROJAN, IS SEEN IN THE WILD. DURING THE COURSE OF THEIR CAMPAIGN. 2011 DATA BREACHES AND HIGHLY TARGETED ATTACKS RAMP UP. A DATA BREACH REFERS TO THE EXFILTRATION OF DATA FROM A SYSTEM HITHOUT THE KNOWLEDGE OR CONSENT OF ITS OWNER. SEVERAL ONLINE ATACKS ATTACKS TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE MARCH 11 JAPAN EARTHQUAKE DISASTER. HACKTIVISM INCIDENTS ESCALATE. "SOLDIER" SPYEYE HACKTIVISM IS A COMBINATION OF "HACKING" AND "AC- TIVISM", ROOTED IN CULTURAL AND/OR GEOPOLITICAL UNREST. TRENDLABS UNCOVERS THE SOLDILK ATTACKS THAT STOLE US$3.2M FROM JANUARY TO JUNE. TYPE OF MALMARE: TROJAN TREND. M ICRO Trendabs Cta i SeertO Center of TRONO MCO THREAT MORPHOSIS THE SHIFTING MOTIVATIONS BEHIND DIGITAL THREATS VIRUS ERA COMPUTER VIRUSES ARE CREATED FOR PERSONAL GAIN (NOTORIETY), RESEARCH PROJECTS, FUN/A MOTIVATION REACH BEHAVIOR COMPLEXITY 如 00 018 O PRANKS, O VANDALISM, OTHERS ETC. ARE a MADE FOR PROGRAM IMPROVEMENTS. VANDALISM LIMITED FILE SINGLE CORRUPTION COMPONENT HOW BAD CAN IT GET: SOFTWARE DESTRUCTION 1986 BRAIN 0120081101800 1999 MELISSA CREATED BY TWO PAKISTANI BROTHERS, BECOMES THE 0100811 WORLD'S FIRST PC VIRUS. OVERLOADS SERVERS AND CAUSES MAJOR 010011010 DAMAGE. TYPE OF HALMARE: FILE INFECTOR TYPE OF MALMARE: MACRO 1992 MICHELANGELO ERASES THE FIRST 100 SECTORS OF A HARD DRIVE. TYRE OE MAL MARE: ENDERING IT USELESS ΤΥΡΕ ETLE WORM OUTBREAK ERA AN OUTBREAK IS THE PROPAGATION OF THE SAME SECURITY THREAT INTO DIFFERENT ACOMPUTERS WITHIN A RELATIVELY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. MOTIVATION REACH BEHAVIOR COMPLEXITY THERE WERE 30 MAJOR WITH16,880 NOTORIETY NETWORKS WIDESPREAD VULNERABILITY PROPAGATION USE OUTBREAKS HOW BAD CAN IT GET: CLOGGED NETWORKS MALWARE DEFECTIONS AND MORE THAN 2000 ILOVEYOU aka LOVELETTER INFECTED ATTACKS MILLIONS OF COMPUTERS THROUGH SOCIAL ENGINEERING. TYPE OF MALHARE: VB SCRIPT 37,000,000 HLES IN 2004 2001 CODERED ATTACKS COMPUTERS RUNNING MICROSOFT'S INTERNET INFORMATION SERVICES (IIS) WEB SERVER. 2004 SASSER SPREADS AROUND EUROPE, ASIA, LATIN AMERICA, TYPE OF MALKARE: WORM AND IN THE U.S. TYPE OF MALWARE: WORM NIMDA INFECTS COMPUTERS THROUGH MALICIOUS EMAIL ATTACHMENTS. TYPE OF MALKARE: FILE INFECTOR MYDOOM, BAGLE, AND NETSKY BECOME NOTORIOUS MASS-MAILERS. ТYPE OF MAL НARE: MORM WEB THREAT ERA INTHE UNDERGROUND ECONOMY, A PERSON'S CREDITCARD NUMBER IS WORTH BETWEEN US$7AND $25. MOTIVATION REACH BEHAVIOR COMPLEXITY 2$ TREND MICRO SAW A 2,135% WORLD WIDE INFORMATION WEB PROFIT MULTIH THEFT COMPONENT INCREASE IN WEB THREATS FROM 2005-2008. HOW BAD CAN IT GET: MAJOR FINANCIAL LOSS 2004 BANCOS PERFORMS ILLEGAL ONLINE BANKING BY LOGGING KEYSTROKES. 92% OF DIGITAL 2JL THREATS ARRIVE TYPE OF MALKARE: TROJAN 2006 "THE ITALIAN JOB" COMPROMISES LEGITIMATE WEBSITES. TYPE OF MALKARE: MALICIOUS HTML, TROJAN, BACKDOOR ULA VIA THE 12007 ZEUS AN INFOSTEALER KIT, IS DISCOVERED. TYPE OF HALWARE: TROJAN INTERNET IN 2008 A CONFICKER aka DOWNAD 2008 FAKEAV HITS ENTERPRISES AS IT EXPLOITS A WINDONS SPREADING VIA SPAM REPORTS INCREASES. TYPE OF MALWARE: TROJAN VULNERABILITY (MS88-067). TYPE OF MALKARE: WORM SOCIAL ATTACKS ERA 35 THERE ARE NEW THREATS PER SECOND MOTIVATION REACH BEHAVIOR COMPLEXITY (ALMOST 12,600 PER HOUR!) SABOTAGE AND PROFIT IDENTIFED TARGETS CUSTOM- MADE PLATFORM- BASED HOW BAD CAN IT GET: FOR HOME USERS: FINANCIAL LOSS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES: BANKRUPTCY FOR CARGE CIOR FINANCIAL LOSS 1/3 OF WEB USERSARE АТТАСKED BY CYBERCRIMINALS USINGSOCIAL NETWORKING SITES TO TARGET VICTIMS. ORGANIZATIONS: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 2010 KOOBFACE TARGETS FACEBOOK USERS. TYPE OF MALKARE: WORM 2009 MALICIOUS LINKS ON THITTER ARE FOUND TO CARRY MALKARE. TYPE OF HALWARE: TROJAN Source: http://www.nsslabs.com/ A RECENT STUDY REVEALED THAT THREE FAKEAV PROVIDERS EARNED A COMBINED TOTAL OF STUXNET EXPLOITS NINDOWS' VULNERABILITIES TO TARGET SCADA SYSTEMS. TYPE OF MALMARE: WORM US$130 2010 DROIDSMS THE FIRST ANDROID TROJAN, IS SEEN IN THE WILD. DURING THE COURSE OF THEIR CAMPAIGN. 2011 DATA BREACHES AND HIGHLY TARGETED ATTACKS RAMP UP. A DATA BREACH REFERS TO THE EXFILTRATION OF DATA FROM A SYSTEM HITHOUT THE KNOWLEDGE OR CONSENT OF ITS OWNER. SEVERAL ONLINE ATACKS ATTACKS TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE MARCH 11 JAPAN EARTHQUAKE DISASTER. HACKTIVISM INCIDENTS ESCALATE. "SOLDIER" SPYEYE HACKTIVISM IS A COMBINATION OF "HACKING" AND "AC- TIVISM", ROOTED IN CULTURAL AND/OR GEOPOLITICAL UNREST. TRENDLABS UNCOVERS THE SOLDILK ATTACKS THAT STOLE US$3.2M FROM JANUARY TO JUNE. TYPE OF MALMARE: TROJAN TREND. M ICRO Trendabs Cta i SeertO Center of TRONO MCO THREAT MORPHOSIS THE SHIFTING MOTIVATIONS BEHIND DIGITAL THREATS VIRUS ERA COMPUTER VIRUSES ARE CREATED FOR PERSONAL GAIN (NOTORIETY), RESEARCH PROJECTS, FUN/A MOTIVATION REACH BEHAVIOR COMPLEXITY 如 00 018 O PRANKS, O VANDALISM, OTHERS ETC. ARE a MADE FOR PROGRAM IMPROVEMENTS. VANDALISM LIMITED FILE SINGLE CORRUPTION COMPONENT HOW BAD CAN IT GET: SOFTWARE DESTRUCTION 1986 BRAIN 0120081101800 1999 MELISSA CREATED BY TWO PAKISTANI BROTHERS, BECOMES THE 0100811 WORLD'S FIRST PC VIRUS. OVERLOADS SERVERS AND CAUSES MAJOR 010011010 DAMAGE. TYPE OF HALMARE: FILE INFECTOR TYPE OF MALMARE: MACRO 1992 MICHELANGELO ERASES THE FIRST 100 SECTORS OF A HARD DRIVE. TYRE OE MAL MARE: ENDERING IT USELESS ΤΥΡΕ ETLE WORM OUTBREAK ERA AN OUTBREAK IS THE PROPAGATION OF THE SAME SECURITY THREAT INTO DIFFERENT ACOMPUTERS WITHIN A RELATIVELY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. MOTIVATION REACH BEHAVIOR COMPLEXITY THERE WERE 30 MAJOR WITH16,880 NOTORIETY NETWORKS WIDESPREAD VULNERABILITY PROPAGATION USE OUTBREAKS HOW BAD CAN IT GET: CLOGGED NETWORKS MALWARE DEFECTIONS AND MORE THAN 2000 ILOVEYOU aka LOVELETTER INFECTED ATTACKS MILLIONS OF COMPUTERS THROUGH SOCIAL ENGINEERING. TYPE OF MALHARE: VB SCRIPT 37,000,000 HLES IN 2004 2001 CODERED ATTACKS COMPUTERS RUNNING MICROSOFT'S INTERNET INFORMATION SERVICES (IIS) WEB SERVER. 2004 SASSER SPREADS AROUND EUROPE, ASIA, LATIN AMERICA, TYPE OF MALKARE: WORM AND IN THE U.S. TYPE OF MALWARE: WORM NIMDA INFECTS COMPUTERS THROUGH MALICIOUS EMAIL ATTACHMENTS. TYPE OF MALKARE: FILE INFECTOR MYDOOM, BAGLE, AND NETSKY BECOME NOTORIOUS MASS-MAILERS. ТYPE OF MAL НARE: MORM WEB THREAT ERA INTHE UNDERGROUND ECONOMY, A PERSON'S CREDITCARD NUMBER IS WORTH BETWEEN US$7AND $25. MOTIVATION REACH BEHAVIOR COMPLEXITY 2$ TREND MICRO SAW A 2,135% WORLD WIDE INFORMATION WEB PROFIT MULTIH THEFT COMPONENT INCREASE IN WEB THREATS FROM 2005-2008. HOW BAD CAN IT GET: MAJOR FINANCIAL LOSS 2004 BANCOS PERFORMS ILLEGAL ONLINE BANKING BY LOGGING KEYSTROKES. 92% OF DIGITAL 2JL THREATS ARRIVE TYPE OF MALKARE: TROJAN 2006 "THE ITALIAN JOB" COMPROMISES LEGITIMATE WEBSITES. TYPE OF MALKARE: MALICIOUS HTML, TROJAN, BACKDOOR ULA VIA THE 12007 ZEUS AN INFOSTEALER KIT, IS DISCOVERED. TYPE OF HALWARE: TROJAN INTERNET IN 2008 A CONFICKER aka DOWNAD 2008 FAKEAV HITS ENTERPRISES AS IT EXPLOITS A WINDONS SPREADING VIA SPAM REPORTS INCREASES. TYPE OF MALWARE: TROJAN VULNERABILITY (MS88-067). TYPE OF MALKARE: WORM SOCIAL ATTACKS ERA 35 THERE ARE NEW THREATS PER SECOND MOTIVATION REACH BEHAVIOR COMPLEXITY (ALMOST 12,600 PER HOUR!) SABOTAGE AND PROFIT IDENTIFED TARGETS CUSTOM- MADE PLATFORM- BASED HOW BAD CAN IT GET: FOR HOME USERS: FINANCIAL LOSS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES: BANKRUPTCY FOR CARGE CIOR FINANCIAL LOSS 1/3 OF WEB USERSARE АТТАСKED BY CYBERCRIMINALS USINGSOCIAL NETWORKING SITES TO TARGET VICTIMS. ORGANIZATIONS: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 2010 KOOBFACE TARGETS FACEBOOK USERS. TYPE OF MALKARE: WORM 2009 MALICIOUS LINKS ON THITTER ARE FOUND TO CARRY MALKARE. TYPE OF HALWARE: TROJAN Source: http://www.nsslabs.com/ A RECENT STUDY REVEALED THAT THREE FAKEAV PROVIDERS EARNED A COMBINED TOTAL OF STUXNET EXPLOITS NINDOWS' VULNERABILITIES TO TARGET SCADA SYSTEMS. TYPE OF MALMARE: WORM US$130 2010 DROIDSMS THE FIRST ANDROID TROJAN, IS SEEN IN THE WILD. DURING THE COURSE OF THEIR CAMPAIGN. 2011 DATA BREACHES AND HIGHLY TARGETED ATTACKS RAMP UP. A DATA BREACH REFERS TO THE EXFILTRATION OF DATA FROM A SYSTEM HITHOUT THE KNOWLEDGE OR CONSENT OF ITS OWNER. SEVERAL ONLINE ATACKS ATTACKS TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE MARCH 11 JAPAN EARTHQUAKE DISASTER. HACKTIVISM INCIDENTS ESCALATE. "SOLDIER" SPYEYE HACKTIVISM IS A COMBINATION OF "HACKING" AND "AC- TIVISM", ROOTED IN CULTURAL AND/OR GEOPOLITICAL UNREST. TRENDLABS UNCOVERS THE SOLDILK ATTACKS THAT STOLE US$3.2M FROM JANUARY TO JUNE. TYPE OF MALMARE: TROJAN TREND. M ICRO Trendabs Cta i SeertO Center of TRONO MCO THREAT MORPHOSIS THE SHIFTING MOTIVATIONS BEHIND DIGITAL THREATS VIRUS ERA COMPUTER VIRUSES ARE CREATED FOR PERSONAL GAIN (NOTORIETY), RESEARCH PROJECTS, FUN/A MOTIVATION REACH BEHAVIOR COMPLEXITY 如 00 018 O PRANKS, O VANDALISM, OTHERS ETC. ARE a MADE FOR PROGRAM IMPROVEMENTS. VANDALISM LIMITED FILE SINGLE CORRUPTION COMPONENT HOW BAD CAN IT GET: SOFTWARE DESTRUCTION 1986 BRAIN 0120081101800 1999 MELISSA CREATED BY TWO PAKISTANI BROTHERS, BECOMES THE 0100811 WORLD'S FIRST PC VIRUS. OVERLOADS SERVERS AND CAUSES MAJOR 010011010 DAMAGE. TYPE OF HALMARE: FILE INFECTOR TYPE OF MALMARE: MACRO 1992 MICHELANGELO ERASES THE FIRST 100 SECTORS OF A HARD DRIVE. TYRE OE MAL MARE: ENDERING IT USELESS ΤΥΡΕ ETLE WORM OUTBREAK ERA AN OUTBREAK IS THE PROPAGATION OF THE SAME SECURITY THREAT INTO DIFFERENT ACOMPUTERS WITHIN A RELATIVELY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. MOTIVATION REACH BEHAVIOR COMPLEXITY THERE WERE 30 MAJOR WITH16,880 NOTORIETY NETWORKS WIDESPREAD VULNERABILITY PROPAGATION USE OUTBREAKS HOW BAD CAN IT GET: CLOGGED NETWORKS MALWARE DEFECTIONS AND MORE THAN 2000 ILOVEYOU aka LOVELETTER INFECTED ATTACKS MILLIONS OF COMPUTERS THROUGH SOCIAL ENGINEERING. TYPE OF MALHARE: VB SCRIPT 37,000,000 HLES IN 2004 2001 CODERED ATTACKS COMPUTERS RUNNING MICROSOFT'S INTERNET INFORMATION SERVICES (IIS) WEB SERVER. 2004 SASSER SPREADS AROUND EUROPE, ASIA, LATIN AMERICA, TYPE OF MALKARE: WORM AND IN THE U.S. TYPE OF MALWARE: WORM NIMDA INFECTS COMPUTERS THROUGH MALICIOUS EMAIL ATTACHMENTS. TYPE OF MALKARE: FILE INFECTOR MYDOOM, BAGLE, AND NETSKY BECOME NOTORIOUS MASS-MAILERS. ТYPE OF MAL НARE: MORM WEB THREAT ERA INTHE UNDERGROUND ECONOMY, A PERSON'S CREDITCARD NUMBER IS WORTH BETWEEN US$7AND $25. MOTIVATION REACH BEHAVIOR COMPLEXITY 2$ TREND MICRO SAW A 2,135% WORLD WIDE INFORMATION WEB PROFIT MULTIH THEFT COMPONENT INCREASE IN WEB THREATS FROM 2005-2008. HOW BAD CAN IT GET: MAJOR FINANCIAL LOSS 2004 BANCOS PERFORMS ILLEGAL ONLINE BANKING BY LOGGING KEYSTROKES. 92% OF DIGITAL 2JL THREATS ARRIVE TYPE OF MALKARE: TROJAN 2006 "THE ITALIAN JOB" COMPROMISES LEGITIMATE WEBSITES. TYPE OF MALKARE: MALICIOUS HTML, TROJAN, BACKDOOR ULA VIA THE 12007 ZEUS AN INFOSTEALER KIT, IS DISCOVERED. TYPE OF HALWARE: TROJAN INTERNET IN 2008 A CONFICKER aka DOWNAD 2008 FAKEAV HITS ENTERPRISES AS IT EXPLOITS A WINDONS SPREADING VIA SPAM REPORTS INCREASES. TYPE OF MALWARE: TROJAN VULNERABILITY (MS88-067). TYPE OF MALKARE: WORM SOCIAL ATTACKS ERA 35 THERE ARE NEW THREATS PER SECOND MOTIVATION REACH BEHAVIOR COMPLEXITY (ALMOST 12,600 PER HOUR!) SABOTAGE AND PROFIT IDENTIFED TARGETS CUSTOM- MADE PLATFORM- BASED HOW BAD CAN IT GET: FOR HOME USERS: FINANCIAL LOSS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES: BANKRUPTCY FOR CARGE CIOR FINANCIAL LOSS 1/3 OF WEB USERSARE АТТАСKED BY CYBERCRIMINALS USINGSOCIAL NETWORKING SITES TO TARGET VICTIMS. ORGANIZATIONS: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 2010 KOOBFACE TARGETS FACEBOOK USERS. TYPE OF MALKARE: WORM 2009 MALICIOUS LINKS ON THITTER ARE FOUND TO CARRY MALKARE. TYPE OF HALWARE: TROJAN Source: http://www.nsslabs.com/ A RECENT STUDY REVEALED THAT THREE FAKEAV PROVIDERS EARNED A COMBINED TOTAL OF STUXNET EXPLOITS NINDOWS' VULNERABILITIES TO TARGET SCADA SYSTEMS. TYPE OF MALMARE: WORM US$130 2010 DROIDSMS THE FIRST ANDROID TROJAN, IS SEEN IN THE WILD. DURING THE COURSE OF THEIR CAMPAIGN. 2011 DATA BREACHES AND HIGHLY TARGETED ATTACKS RAMP UP. A DATA BREACH REFERS TO THE EXFILTRATION OF DATA FROM A SYSTEM HITHOUT THE KNOWLEDGE OR CONSENT OF ITS OWNER. SEVERAL ONLINE ATACKS ATTACKS TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE MARCH 11 JAPAN EARTHQUAKE DISASTER. HACKTIVISM INCIDENTS ESCALATE. "SOLDIER" SPYEYE HACKTIVISM IS A COMBINATION OF "HACKING" AND "AC- TIVISM", ROOTED IN CULTURAL AND/OR GEOPOLITICAL UNREST. TRENDLABS UNCOVERS THE SOLDILK ATTACKS THAT STOLE US$3.2M FROM JANUARY TO JUNE. TYPE OF MALMARE: TROJAN TREND. M ICRO Trendabs Cta i SeertO Center of TRONO MCO THREAT MORPHOSIS THE SHIFTING MOTIVATIONS BEHIND DIGITAL THREATS VIRUS ERA COMPUTER VIRUSES ARE CREATED FOR PERSONAL GAIN (NOTORIETY), RESEARCH PROJECTS, FUN/A MOTIVATION REACH BEHAVIOR COMPLEXITY 如 00 018 O PRANKS, O VANDALISM, OTHERS ETC. ARE a MADE FOR PROGRAM IMPROVEMENTS. VANDALISM LIMITED FILE SINGLE CORRUPTION COMPONENT HOW BAD CAN IT GET: SOFTWARE DESTRUCTION 1986 BRAIN 0120081101800 1999 MELISSA CREATED BY TWO PAKISTANI BROTHERS, BECOMES THE 0100811 WORLD'S FIRST PC VIRUS. OVERLOADS SERVERS AND CAUSES MAJOR 010011010 DAMAGE. TYPE OF HALMARE: FILE INFECTOR TYPE OF MALMARE: MACRO 1992 MICHELANGELO ERASES THE FIRST 100 SECTORS OF A HARD DRIVE. TYRE OE MAL MARE: ENDERING IT USELESS ΤΥΡΕ ETLE WORM OUTBREAK ERA AN OUTBREAK IS THE PROPAGATION OF THE SAME SECURITY THREAT INTO DIFFERENT ACOMPUTERS WITHIN A RELATIVELY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. MOTIVATION REACH BEHAVIOR COMPLEXITY THERE WERE 30 MAJOR WITH16,880 NOTORIETY NETWORKS WIDESPREAD VULNERABILITY PROPAGATION USE OUTBREAKS HOW BAD CAN IT GET: CLOGGED NETWORKS MALWARE DEFECTIONS AND MORE THAN 2000 ILOVEYOU aka LOVELETTER INFECTED ATTACKS MILLIONS OF COMPUTERS THROUGH SOCIAL ENGINEERING. TYPE OF MALHARE: VB SCRIPT 37,000,000 HLES IN 2004 2001 CODERED ATTACKS COMPUTERS RUNNING MICROSOFT'S INTERNET INFORMATION SERVICES (IIS) WEB SERVER. 2004 SASSER SPREADS AROUND EUROPE, ASIA, LATIN AMERICA, TYPE OF MALKARE: WORM AND IN THE U.S. TYPE OF MALWARE: WORM NIMDA INFECTS COMPUTERS THROUGH MALICIOUS EMAIL ATTACHMENTS. TYPE OF MALKARE: FILE INFECTOR MYDOOM, BAGLE, AND NETSKY BECOME NOTORIOUS MASS-MAILERS. ТYPE OF MAL НARE: MORM WEB THREAT ERA INTHE UNDERGROUND ECONOMY, A PERSON'S CREDITCARD NUMBER IS WORTH BETWEEN US$7AND $25. MOTIVATION REACH BEHAVIOR COMPLEXITY 2$ TREND MICRO SAW A 2,135% WORLD WIDE INFORMATION WEB PROFIT MULTIH THEFT COMPONENT INCREASE IN WEB THREATS FROM 2005-2008. HOW BAD CAN IT GET: MAJOR FINANCIAL LOSS 2004 BANCOS PERFORMS ILLEGAL ONLINE BANKING BY LOGGING KEYSTROKES. 92% OF DIGITAL 2JL THREATS ARRIVE TYPE OF MALKARE: TROJAN 2006 "THE ITALIAN JOB" COMPROMISES LEGITIMATE WEBSITES. TYPE OF MALKARE: MALICIOUS HTML, TROJAN, BACKDOOR ULA VIA THE 12007 ZEUS AN INFOSTEALER KIT, IS DISCOVERED. TYPE OF HALWARE: TROJAN INTERNET IN 2008 A CONFICKER aka DOWNAD 2008 FAKEAV HITS ENTERPRISES AS IT EXPLOITS A WINDONS SPREADING VIA SPAM REPORTS INCREASES. TYPE OF MALWARE: TROJAN VULNERABILITY (MS88-067). TYPE OF MALKARE: WORM SOCIAL ATTACKS ERA 35 THERE ARE NEW THREATS PER SECOND MOTIVATION REACH BEHAVIOR COMPLEXITY (ALMOST 12,600 PER HOUR!) SABOTAGE AND PROFIT IDENTIFED TARGETS CUSTOM- MADE PLATFORM- BASED HOW BAD CAN IT GET: FOR HOME USERS: FINANCIAL LOSS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES: BANKRUPTCY FOR CARGE CIOR FINANCIAL LOSS 1/3 OF WEB USERSARE АТТАСKED BY CYBERCRIMINALS USINGSOCIAL NETWORKING SITES TO TARGET VICTIMS. ORGANIZATIONS: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 2010 KOOBFACE TARGETS FACEBOOK USERS. TYPE OF MALKARE: WORM 2009 MALICIOUS LINKS ON THITTER ARE FOUND TO CARRY MALKARE. TYPE OF HALWARE: TROJAN Source: http://www.nsslabs.com/ A RECENT STUDY REVEALED THAT THREE FAKEAV PROVIDERS EARNED A COMBINED TOTAL OF STUXNET EXPLOITS NINDOWS' VULNERABILITIES TO TARGET SCADA SYSTEMS. TYPE OF MALMARE: WORM US$130 2010 DROIDSMS THE FIRST ANDROID TROJAN, IS SEEN IN THE WILD. DURING THE COURSE OF THEIR CAMPAIGN. 2011 DATA BREACHES AND HIGHLY TARGETED ATTACKS RAMP UP. A DATA BREACH REFERS TO THE EXFILTRATION OF DATA FROM A SYSTEM HITHOUT THE KNOWLEDGE OR CONSENT OF ITS OWNER. SEVERAL ONLINE ATACKS ATTACKS TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE MARCH 11 JAPAN EARTHQUAKE DISASTER. HACKTIVISM INCIDENTS ESCALATE. "SOLDIER" SPYEYE HACKTIVISM IS A COMBINATION OF "HACKING" AND "AC- TIVISM", ROOTED IN CULTURAL AND/OR GEOPOLITICAL UNREST. TRENDLABS UNCOVERS THE SOLDILK ATTACKS THAT STOLE US$3.2M FROM JANUARY TO JUNE. TYPE OF MALMARE: TROJAN TREND. M ICRO Trendabs Cta i SeertO Center of TRONO MCO THREAT MORPHOSIS THE SHIFTING MOTIVATIONS BEHIND DIGITAL THREATS VIRUS ERA COMPUTER VIRUSES ARE CREATED FOR PERSONAL GAIN (NOTORIETY), RESEARCH PROJECTS, FUN/A MOTIVATION REACH BEHAVIOR COMPLEXITY 如 00 018 O PRANKS, O VANDALISM, OTHERS ETC. ARE a MADE FOR PROGRAM IMPROVEMENTS. VANDALISM LIMITED FILE SINGLE CORRUPTION COMPONENT HOW BAD CAN IT GET: SOFTWARE DESTRUCTION 1986 BRAIN 0120081101800 1999 MELISSA CREATED BY TWO PAKISTANI BROTHERS, BECOMES THE 0100811 WORLD'S FIRST PC VIRUS. OVERLOADS SERVERS AND CAUSES MAJOR 010011010 DAMAGE. TYPE OF HALMARE: FILE INFECTOR TYPE OF MALMARE: MACRO 1992 MICHELANGELO ERASES THE FIRST 100 SECTORS OF A HARD DRIVE. TYRE OE MAL MARE: ENDERING IT USELESS ΤΥΡΕ ETLE WORM OUTBREAK ERA AN OUTBREAK IS THE PROPAGATION OF THE SAME SECURITY THREAT INTO DIFFERENT ACOMPUTERS WITHIN A RELATIVELY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. MOTIVATION REACH BEHAVIOR COMPLEXITY THERE WERE 30 MAJOR WITH16,880 NOTORIETY NETWORKS WIDESPREAD VULNERABILITY PROPAGATION USE OUTBREAKS HOW BAD CAN IT GET: CLOGGED NETWORKS MALWARE DEFECTIONS AND MORE THAN 2000 ILOVEYOU aka LOVELETTER INFECTED ATTACKS MILLIONS OF COMPUTERS THROUGH SOCIAL ENGINEERING. TYPE OF MALHARE: VB SCRIPT 37,000,000 HLES IN 2004 2001 CODERED ATTACKS COMPUTERS RUNNING MICROSOFT'S INTERNET INFORMATION SERVICES (IIS) WEB SERVER. 2004 SASSER SPREADS AROUND EUROPE, ASIA, LATIN AMERICA, TYPE OF MALKARE: WORM AND IN THE U.S. TYPE OF MALWARE: WORM NIMDA INFECTS COMPUTERS THROUGH MALICIOUS EMAIL ATTACHMENTS. TYPE OF MALKARE: FILE INFECTOR MYDOOM, BAGLE, AND NETSKY BECOME NOTORIOUS MASS-MAILERS. ТYPE OF MAL НARE: MORM WEB THREAT ERA INTHE UNDERGROUND ECONOMY, A PERSON'S CREDITCARD NUMBER IS WORTH BETWEEN US$7AND $25. MOTIVATION REACH BEHAVIOR COMPLEXITY 2$ TREND MICRO SAW A 2,135% WORLD WIDE INFORMATION WEB PROFIT MULTIH THEFT COMPONENT INCREASE IN WEB THREATS FROM 2005-2008. HOW BAD CAN IT GET: MAJOR FINANCIAL LOSS 2004 BANCOS PERFORMS ILLEGAL ONLINE BANKING BY LOGGING KEYSTROKES. 92% OF DIGITAL 2JL THREATS ARRIVE TYPE OF MALKARE: TROJAN 2006 "THE ITALIAN JOB" COMPROMISES LEGITIMATE WEBSITES. TYPE OF MALKARE: MALICIOUS HTML, TROJAN, BACKDOOR ULA VIA THE 12007 ZEUS AN INFOSTEALER KIT, IS DISCOVERED. TYPE OF HALWARE: TROJAN INTERNET IN 2008 A CONFICKER aka DOWNAD 2008 FAKEAV HITS ENTERPRISES AS IT EXPLOITS A WINDONS SPREADING VIA SPAM REPORTS INCREASES. TYPE OF MALWARE: TROJAN VULNERABILITY (MS88-067). TYPE OF MALKARE: WORM SOCIAL ATTACKS ERA 35 THERE ARE NEW THREATS PER SECOND MOTIVATION REACH BEHAVIOR COMPLEXITY (ALMOST 12,600 PER HOUR!) SABOTAGE AND PROFIT IDENTIFED TARGETS CUSTOM- MADE PLATFORM- BASED HOW BAD CAN IT GET: FOR HOME USERS: FINANCIAL LOSS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES: BANKRUPTCY FOR CARGE CIOR FINANCIAL LOSS 1/3 OF WEB USERSARE АТТАСKED BY CYBERCRIMINALS USINGSOCIAL NETWORKING SITES TO TARGET VICTIMS. ORGANIZATIONS: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 2010 KOOBFACE TARGETS FACEBOOK USERS. TYPE OF MALKARE: WORM 2009 MALICIOUS LINKS ON THITTER ARE FOUND TO CARRY MALKARE. TYPE OF HALWARE: TROJAN Source: http://www.nsslabs.com/ A RECENT STUDY REVEALED THAT THREE FAKEAV PROVIDERS EARNED A COMBINED TOTAL OF STUXNET EXPLOITS NINDOWS' VULNERABILITIES TO TARGET SCADA SYSTEMS. TYPE OF MALMARE: WORM US$130 2010 DROIDSMS THE FIRST ANDROID TROJAN, IS SEEN IN THE WILD. DURING THE COURSE OF THEIR CAMPAIGN. 2011 DATA BREACHES AND HIGHLY TARGETED ATTACKS RAMP UP. A DATA BREACH REFERS TO THE EXFILTRATION OF DATA FROM A SYSTEM HITHOUT THE KNOWLEDGE OR CONSENT OF ITS OWNER. SEVERAL ONLINE ATACKS ATTACKS TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE MARCH 11 JAPAN EARTHQUAKE DISASTER. HACKTIVISM INCIDENTS ESCALATE. "SOLDIER" SPYEYE HACKTIVISM IS A COMBINATION OF "HACKING" AND "AC- TIVISM", ROOTED IN CULTURAL AND/OR GEOPOLITICAL UNREST. TRENDLABS UNCOVERS THE SOLDILK ATTACKS THAT STOLE US$3.2M FROM JANUARY TO JUNE. TYPE OF MALMARE: TROJAN TREND. M ICRO Trendabs Cta i SeertO Center of TRONO MCO