An overview of the most widespread dangers lurking behind your computer screen.
TOP 20 ONLINE SCANNER
POSITION CHANGE IN NAME PERCENTAGE
POSITION
1 Re-entry Email-Worm.Win32.Mydoom.m 1.66
2 New Trojan.Win32.Agent.qt 1.50
3. 0 Email-Worm.Win32.Rays 1.30
4 +4 not-a-virus:Monitor.Win32.Perflogger.163 1.20
5 +4 Email-Worm.Win32.Brontok.q 1.11
6 +7 Trojan.Win32.Dialer.cj 0.99
7 Re-entry Backdoor.IRC.Zapchast 0.87
8 +3 not-a-virus:PSWTool.Win32.RAS.a 0.84
9 New Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Small.ddp 0.80
10 New Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Nurech.at 0.63
11 New Email-Worm.Win32.Warezov.lk 0.63
12 New not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Virtumonde.ha 0.55
13 +4 not-a-virus:Monitor.Win32.Perflogger.ad 0.54
14 New Net-Worm.Win32.Mytob.bi 0.52
15 New Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Bagle.bp 0.51
16 +4 Trojan-Spy.Win32.Bancos.zm 0.50
17 New Trojan-Clicker.Win32.Small.kj 0.48
18 New Email-Worm.Win32.Warezov.ls 0.47
19 -17 Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Small.edb 0.46
20 Re-entry Email-Worm.Win32.Mydoom.l 0.46
UPS AND DOWNS
DOWN - Card fraud 3%
Overall card fraud in the UK has fallen from £439 million in 2005to £428 million in 2006. This is attributed largely to theintroduction of chip and PIN technology.
UP - Online fraud 44%
Online banking fraud has increased from £23.2 million to £33.5 million over the same period. This is a sign of vulnerabilitieslikely to be an ongoing concern for the banking industry.
Source:APACS
TOP TEN BY SITES - Total number of sites: 396
After a respite last month, the trend for March shows a marked increasein the number of phishing emails being sent out, although the number ofsites has remained static. Alliance & Leicester remains the number-onetarget for the second month, but for Nationwide, its raised profile inboth the email and site listings could not have come at a worse time.
