Security Response

2014 Internet Security Threat Report, Volume 19

The Internet Security Threat Report provides an overview and analysis of the year in global threat activity. The report is based on data from the Symantec Global Intelligence Network, which Symantec's analysts use to identify, analyze, and provide commentary on emerging trends in the dynamic threat landscape.

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90 Day Global Threats, Risks, and Vulnerabilities Timeline

Most Active New Threats

Name	Type	Protected*	Discovered
Trojan.FakeAV!gen121	Trojan	04/21/2014	04/21/2014
W32.Mezit!inf	Trojan	04/17/2014	04/17/2014
Trojan.Shylock!gen12	Trojan	04/17/2014	04/17/2014
Trojan.Pandex!gen4	Trojan	04/16/2014	04/16/2014
Trojan.Zbot!gen74	Trojan	04/15/2014	04/15/2014
Trojan.Shylock!gen10	Trojan	04/14/2014	04/13/2014
Trojan.Shylock!gen11	Trojan	04/14/2014	04/13/2014
Downloader.Ponik!gm	Trojan		05/22/2014
Packed.Generic.460	Trojan	04/12/2014	04/11/2014

*For continued protection, make sure that your Symantec subscription and/or license are up to date.

Threat Spotlight: Trojan.
Ransomlock

Trojan.Ransomlock is a detection for Trojan horse programs that lock the desktop of a compromised computer making it unusable.

The threat may arrive on the compromised computer by various means, such as visiting malicious sites, by opening untrusted links or advertisement banners, or by installing software from untrusted sources.

These programs attempt to convince the user to pay money in order to have their computer unlocked and use a variety of different techniques in order to encourage the user to pay the ransom.

More information on Trojan.Ransomlock is available in the threat family writeup.

Best Practices

With the rapid rise in the number of malware attacks it’s harder than ever to prevent machines from getting infected. But have you done everything you can do? Have you done the things you must do to stay protected? Following some simple best practices can make a tremendous difference in improving your protection. Symantec has assembled a set of best practices for today’s threat landscape.

Use these recommendations to know what you must, should and can do to protect your endpoints from malware.

Want to go further and really beef up protection on your endpoint machines? Symantec Endpoint Protection has a feature called Application and Device Control that gives you additional tools to protect your endpoints. Find out about Application and Device Control and download rulesets especially created by Symantec to increase your protection. Information available here.

White Paper Spotlight: How safe is your quantified self?

Quantified self combines technology, science and human interaction to track the daily lives and activities of millions of people worldwide. With the ever increasing numbers of people engaging in self-tracking, Symantec Security Response delves into the world of the quantified self to reveal the security and privacy implications for users of popular wearable self-tracking devices, and health and fitness category apps for smartphones.

You can read the full details of our research into the quantified self in our whitepaper.

View the full set of Symantec Security Response white papers.