Symantec’s 2014 Internet Security Threat Report shows a marked decrease in many forms of malware and product vulnerabilities, plus faster responses to zero-day attacks. Symantec is blocking more attacks, more quickly, each year.

1. Secure Computing as Threats Evolve
Symantec’s authoritative 2014 Internet Security Threat Report
shows a marked decrease in many forms of malware and product
vulnerabilities, plus faster responses to zero-day attacks.
Data breaches are of paramount
concern, but the median number
of records compromised per
breach is going down.
8,350 median number of identities
exposed per breach in 2012
6,777 in 2013
19% drop
Mobile and browser vulnerabilities have fallen sharply since 2012.
416 in 2012
127 in 2013
Unique malicious Web domains
74,001 in 2012
56,158 in 2013
24% drop
Email spam bots are being detected and neutralized more effectively.
Hackers are moving away from broad attacks in favor of
highly targeted, socially engineered infiltration.
… and the number of recipients per
campaign decreased by 79% ...
Although the number of
spear-phishing emails
dropped by 28%
from 2012 to 2013...
Symantec is blocking more attacks, more quickly each year.
464,100 attacks in 2012
20,813 37,555 174,651
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Source: Symantec 2014 Internet Security Threat Report
2.3 in 2013
3.4 million spam
bots in 2012
33% drop
2.3 million spam
bots in 2013
190,000 attacks in 2011
568,700 attacks in 2013
Number of top 5 zero-day threat attempts blocked
by Symantec, after Internet Security Threat
Report release date
Report + 5 days
Released
+ 10 days + 30 days
Documented mobile
vulnerabilities
69% drop
Documented browser vulnerabilities
891 in 2012
351 in 2013
60% drop
... the number of spear-phishing
campaigns increased by
91% and lasted 3x longer
Compromised Web sites went
up 25% from 2012 to 2013.
Web site vulnerabilities went
up 28% from 2012 to 2013.