[July 28, 2010] Network Box: Network Box urges UK government to focus on cybercrime as Britain climbs the virus charts Tweet Jul 28, 2010 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- June saw the UK become the fourth largest producer of spam in the world, and it is now also the fourth largest producer of viruses, according to July threat statistics from managed security company, Network Box. The number one virus producer remains the US, which has increased production by around one per cent (to 14.6 per cent). But India's slight increase in production (from 9.2 to 9.5 per cent) was enough to move it to number two in the charts and see Korea drop to third place, with a decline in production of more than three per cent. The UK has moved from sixth to fourth place in the virus charts - it now produces five per cent of the world's viruses - the result of an increase of two per cent in virus production and Russia's decrease of over three per cent. The spam chart is still dominated by the US (11 per cent), India (eight per cent), Brazil (almost five per cent) and the UK (four per cent). Simon Heron, Internet Security Analyst for Network Box, says: "Governments are in a difficult position at the moment. Clearly, cuts need to be made to balance the books, but there is also evidence that cybercrime will increase at times of economic strain. Cybercrime is a crime without borders and all governments must co-operate to successfully tackle the problem. The recent news that the UK's Police Central E-Crime Unit will not receive the increased funding it expected next year, may be seen as further evidence that cybercrime is not being tackled with the urgency that it requires." For more information on security issues, see www.network-box.co.uk, or visit Simon Heron's blog at: http://blog.network-box.co.uk/, or follow Simon on Twitter: http://twitter.com/networkbox. Top Viruses Threat Name Daily Average % nbh-multext 11.74416 nbh-bbadhdr 10.96479 trojan.win32.jorik.oficla.u 7.48022 trojan.win32.jorik.oficla.j 5.34248 trojan.win32.oficla.bo 4.99572 nbh-bbadarc 2.86633 trojan.win32.oficla.bt 2.2565 trojan.win32.oficla.br 2.20455 spam.porn.porn_nb_pornhint_34 2.0738 Top Trojans Threat Name Daily Average % trojan.win32.jorik.oficla.j 0.02285 trojan.win32.jorik.oficla.u 0.01984 trojan.win32.oficla.bo 0.01462 trojan-downloader.win32.fraudload.gxk 0.01208 trojan.win32.jorik.oficla.bb 0.01033 trojan.win32.oficla.bt 0.00959 trojan-downloader.win32.small.kop 0.00799 trojan.win32.jorik.oficla.aa 0.0074 trojan-spy.win32.zbot.alos 0.00535 trojan.win32.oficla.br 0.00443 Top Intrusions Threat Name Daily Average % NETBIOS 39.28267 BOGON 8.6792 PINGFLOOD 1.36153 HTTP-S-WEBDAV 0.6266 ICMP 0.05833 SOBIG-F 0.05746 HTTP-S-WEBDEX 0.02595 HTTP-S-UNIXATTACK 0.02459 HTTP-S-NIMDA 0.00973 HTTP-S-IISATTACK 0.0008 Top Sources of Viruses Country Daily Average % United States 14.64898 India 9.57231 Korea 5.99554 UK 5.09639 Russia 4.01557 China 3.35989 Ukraine 2.89108 Italy 2.79624 Australia 2.69671 Vietnam 2.55455 Top Sources of Spam Country Daily Average % United States 11.42716 India 8.73694 Brazil 4.97363 UK 4.80078 Vietnam 3.92574 China 3.56398 Russia 3.2715 Germany 3.19516 Korea 3.19514 France 2.47488 About Network Box: Network Box Limited (NBL) is an international managed security services company, specialising in unified threat management (UTM). It continuously defends the networks of its customers using PUSH technology to instantaneously update protection, from 12 Security Operations Centres spread around the globe. NBL's customers in Asia, Australia, North America and Europe include companies such as BMW, Nintendo and Toyota, as well as banks, utilities companies and government organisations. CONTACT: Kate Hartley, Carrot Communications Tel: +44 (0)771 406 5233 e-mail: [email protected] WWW: http://www.network-box.co.uk WWW: http://www.network-box.com Malini Majithia, Carrot Communications Tel: +44 (0)207 903 5103 e-mail: [email protected] WWW: http://www.carrotcomms.co.uk ((M2 Communications disclaims all liability for information provided within M2 PressWIRE. Data supplied by named party/parties. Further information on M2 PressWIRE can be obtained at http://www.presswire.net on the world wide web. Inquiries to [email protected]. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]