At least according to the latest Symantec Intelligence Report for December 2013. Yes folks, the new report is in. Shockingly (to no one) the rate of infected emails is increasing exponentially. For the final quarter of 2013 it looked like this
- October - 1 in 437 emails was infected with some kind of virus
- November - 1 in 253 emails was infected with some kind of virus
- December - 1 in 164 emails was infected with some kind of virus
That is a 3000% increase in 90 days.
The threat report is chocked full of great information about what the bad guys have been up to. You don't have to use Symantec to find good ammunition here when you are talking about securing your network.
Major topics for the report are
- Big Numbers
- Targeted Attacks
- Social Media
- Data Breaches
- Mobile
- Vulnerabilities
- Spam, Phishing & Malware
Lots of great information here, but don't take my word for it. Check it out: (I wanted to attach it to this post, but it's just a hair too big. This is not gated though, the link goes straight to a downloadable PDF of the report)