2011: The Year that was for Facebook and Online Threats

CommTouch, an Internet security service provider, has recently released their Internet Threats Trend Report for 2011. In this report, they have highlighted and analyzed the various threats on Facebook that had plagued users for the past year, such as social engineering ploys and common methods of attack used. They also identify three ways on how criminals gain and what these are for targeting Facebook users. CommTouch provided an infographic (below) to showcase their analysis in a more coherent format.

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The 19-page Internet Threats Trend Report mentions malware and spam trends in Q4 of 2011. It also ranks website categories that are most likely to house malware if compromised—Sites tagged as Pornography are at #3. Below are other notable finds in summary:

• India, Vietnam, and Pakistan were the top three countries with the most zombie computers.
• Phishers mostly targeted sites that were related to Games and Gaming.
• In Q4, spammers used fake @gmail.com email addresses to trick users into responding to their spam messages.

The report can be downloaded here.

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