Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Symantec Intelligence Report: September 2014

Symantec have published their Intelligence report that sums up the latest threat trends for September 2014.

Report highlights:
- The .doc file type was the most common attachment type used in spear-phishing attacks, making up more than 52.9 percent of all attachments in September.
- The largest data breach reported in September actually took place in April, and resulted in the exposure of 56 million identities.
- There were 600 vulnerabilities disclosed in the month of September, the highest number so far in 2014 and second-highest in the last 12 months.



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

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