The rate of unique web malware more than doubled in the second quarter, from 105,536 unique encounters of web malware in March 2011 to 287,298 unique encounters in June 2011, according to Cisco’s latest quarterly threat report.
Infosecurity.Com - The average web malware encounter rate in the second quarter was 335 encounters per enterprise per month, with the highest peaks in March (455) and April (453), according to Cisco's second-quarter threat report.
From an encounter-per-seat perspective, companies with 5001 to 10,000 employees and companies with more than 25,000 employees experienced significantly higher malware encounters compared to other size segments.
Despite the increase in web malware encounters, the number of unique malware hosts and unique IP addresses remained relatively consistent between March 2011 and June 2011, the report noted.
Brute-force SQL login attempts increased significantly during the second quarter, coinciding with increased reports of SQL injection attacks and other brute force intrusions – resulting in an increase in data breaches throughout the period. More
