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AppRiver Brings Out Security Report [Professional Services Close - Up]
[August 18, 2014]

AppRiver Brings Out Security Report [Professional Services Close - Up]


(Professional Services Close - Up Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) AppRiver released its mid-year Global Security Report.

According to a company release, highlights include: -Events Some of the bigger stories surrounding email and web threats over the past six months included CryptoLocker copycats such as CryptoWall and CryptoDefense, along with a massive spam campaign that was a classic "Pump and Dump" stock scam.



-Metrics In addition to the familiar data regarding email spam and viruses, this report includes some baseline data about web-based threats through Q2 as detected by AppRiver's web filtering solution (SecureSurf). In total, AppRiver recorded over 5.1 million unique locations added throughout the first six months of 2014.

-The Cyber World- This section of the report discusses cybercrime breaches and exploits. When encrypted eBay customer data was stolen, cyber criminals took advantage of the resulting headlines by sending spam messages that attempted to capitalize on the fears of eBay customers. Additionally, Gameover Zeus hit the scene. This new version of Zeus had been tweaked with new capabilities and was clearly being operated by a single group located in Russia and Ukraine.


Report information: appriver.com/resources/global_security_report/ global_security_report_mid-year-report-2014.aspx.

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