Fortinet Broadens Malware Report to Debut Comprehensive Analysis of the "Threatscape"
New Monthly Report Shows Activities by Threat Type, Volume, Region and Trends
Fortinet® - the pioneer and leading provider of unified threat management (UTM) solutions - has announced a new monthly report that summarizes key threat trends, replacing its Top 10 most-reported malware report. This inaugural "Threatscape" report begins a more comprehensive analysis of the threat landscape for October and evaluates nefarious online activities by category, including exploits/vulnerabilities, malware, spam and blocked Web traffic. In a nutshell for October: malware was very high, scary and targeted Japan and the U.S.; spam was significantly down as percentage of total email; exploits were on the rise and very aggressive; and pornography represented the highest Web threat traffic.
The Fortinet FortiGuard® Global Security Research team compiled the statistics and trends for October based on data collected from FortiGate® network security appliances and intelligence systems in production worldwide.
To read the full October Threatscape report which includes the top threat rankings in each category, please visit: http://www.fortiguardcenter.com/reports/roundup_oct_2008.html.
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