Symantec Intelligence Report: July 2013

Symantec have published their Intelligence report that sums up the latest threat trends for July 2013.

Report highlights:
- So far in 2013, 43 percent of mobile malware tracks users, up from 15 percent in 2012. Adware/Annoyance risks have also increased, from 8 percent in 2012 to 23 percent this year.
- Of the data breaches reported so far in 2013, 62 percent contain a person’s real name. Birth dates and government ID numbers (e.g. Social Security) numbers appear in 39 percent of breaches.
- The global spam rate rose 3.4 percentage points in July to 67.6 percent, up from 64.2 percent in June.


The report (in PDF format) can be viewed here.