Security Threat
Report 2013

New platforms and changing threats

Protection strategies for spam and phishing

Anti-spam software is a must for capturing non-targeted spam. Spearphishing is much harder to detect. It helps to limit what personal information you share online, such as on social networks.

Spam Dirty Dozen

Spamsources

Online threats

Cybercriminals constantly launch attacks designed to penetrate your digital defenses and steal sensitive data. And almost no online portal is immune to threat or harm.

According to SophosLabs more than 30,000 URLs are infected every day and 80% of those infected sites are legitimate. Eighty-five percent of all malware, including viruses, worms, spyware, adware and Trojans, comes from the web.11 Today, drive-by downloads have become the top web threat. And in 2011, we saw one drive-by malware rise to number one, known as Blackhole.

Web Threats

Learn more about web protection

Endpoint Buyers Guide