Recently we released the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report volume 14. The report initially presented data showing reduced Java malware detections in Q3 2012 and gaining prevalence in Q4 of 2012. During a later review of the backend data, we found that we were missing some detection counts from our initial calculations. We have revised the […]
Countries with good national security teams (CERTs) and diligent ISPs show consistently lower rates of malware infection than those states that adopt a less paternalistic approach to security, a new analysis by Microsoft researchers has suggested. According to statistics drawn from the company’s widely-used Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT), the countries which have shown notably […]
It can be recalled that Mariposa made headlines when three alleged operators were arrested in Spain prior to the supposed shutdown of the botnet itself. This incident was followed by a sudden and drastic decrease in Mariposa-related incidents, which was very much understandable because the botnet was reported to have already been taken down. Lately […]
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