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Top 7 Malware Targeted India in JFM 2014 - Report by ESET
INF/Autorun.gen
is the most identified threat and Win32/Bundpil.BO is the new worm
entered in February and increased its activity by 4%
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BANGALORE / MUMBAI, India - April 28, 2014
ESET,
global provider of security solutions for businesses and consumers,
reported top 7 malware targeted India during JFM 2014. ESET researchers
are continuously studying on all the activities of new threats and
variants on daily basis. ESET is also preparing prevalence maps of these
threats for every country every-day. According to them, INF/Autorun is the most identified malware and Win32/Bundpil.BO is the new threat variant entered India and spreading via removable media by 4% now.
Among all 7 top threats INF/Autorun
is the most identified malware among Indian users. It is generic
detection of the AUTORUN.INF configuration file created by malware. The
AUTORUN.INF file contains the path to the malware executable. This file
is usually dropped into the root folder of available drives in an
attempt to autorun a malware executable when the infected drive is
mounted. The AUTORUN.INF file(s) may have the System (S) and Hidden (H)
attributes present in attempt to hide the file in Windows Explorer.
The chart 'Threat Analysis of JFM 2014' shows INF/Autorun.gen, took top position among all threats in JFM 2014, in India with the other 6 threats.
According
to ESET, threats are targeting ESET users in a similar way with light
variance and ESET has blocked new threats in a big way.
About Win32/Bundpil.BO: It is
the new threat variant of Bundpil which was detected in July 2013. This
variant attacked Indian ESET users in February 2014. Bundpil has 4.92%
of World Activity Peak and it has more affect in Afghanistan and
Mangolia with more than 25% attack activity. This
threat spreads via removable media. The worm contains an URL address,
and it tries to download several files from the address. The files are
then executed and the HTTP protocol is used. The worm may delete the
files like *.exe, *.vbs, *.pif, *.cmd, *Backup.
All the threats are captured by Threatsense.net
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