Today we are publishing the latest PandaLabs Annual Report, covering the major security news happened during 2012, from mobile malware to cyber-war, covering all major events in different areas such as social netwoks.
We cover also the security trends for 2013, as well as some of the main figures related to malware:
–Â Â Â Â Â Â 27 million new malware strains found in 2012, at an average of 74,000 new samples per day.
–Â Â Â Â Â Â Three out of every four malware infections were caused by Trojans.
–      China, South Korea and Taiwan are the world’s most infected countries.
The full report is available here.
Panda Security specializes in the development of endpoint security products and is part of the WatchGuard portfolio of IT security solutions. Initially focused on the development of antivirus software, the company has since expanded its line of business to advanced cyber-security services with technology for preventing cyber-crime.
2 comments
In your current report, you assert that ~32% of all pc’s were infected with malware during 2012.
How did you arriive at this number?
I assume that this is an “incidence” – i.e. – at some point in 2012, ~32% were infected, not a “prevalence” – i.e. – ~32% are infected right now.
Thanks,
Patrick Florer
CTO and Cofounder
Risk Centric Security, Inc.
Hi Patrick,
Yes, you are right: out of all the different computers scanned using our free online scanner Panda ActiveScan, a 32% of them had some malware running when they were scanned.
Best regards,
Luis