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Microsoft: Malware Infection Rates Decline In India, Conficker Still A Major Global Threat

A few interesting facts from the Security Intelligence Report for the second half of 2011.

 
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Microsoft has just released volume 12 of its Security Intelligence Report (SIR) for the second half of 2011, which contains some findings specifically for India. The global trend of malware infection rate has seen a marginal, yet steady decline, and although it continues to be twice as much as the global average, India also has experienced a decrease as well. The major threat categories for India have been mentioned as worms, trojans, viruses, and potentially unwanted software.

Conficker has been found as one of the biggest security threats faced by computers during the period. This worm has been seriously affecting PCs on the internet ever since its first version emerged in November 2008. Tim Rains, Director of Microsoft Trustworthy Computing said, "It is critically important that organizations focus on the security fundamentals to help protect against the most common threats. Labeling cyberthreats as 'advanced' is often times misleading and can divert organizations' attention away from addressing basic security issues, which can prevent more common threats from infiltrating their systems. Most attacks do not possess new, super-advanced techniques or technology as the APT label implies; in the majority of cases, they simply exploit weak or stolen passwords or vulnerabilities for which a security update exists and employ social engineering".

Most Indians, along with a large percentage of global users, are still leaving themselves open to traditional threats, as well as new forms of hacks and attacks. It is very easy to protect yourself by following simple measures such as using stronger password, regularly updating all your installed software, using antivirus programmes from a trusted source, and installing updated versions of products that have better protection.


Microsoft: Malware Infection Rates Decline In India, Conficker A Global Threat
 

You can read the detailed report by heading over to the website mentioned at the start of this article. We have included a few of the slides for your ready reference.


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