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Symantec: Virus rate up in June
Research by Symantec has produced figures that may encourage recruiters of infrastructure personnel to become more security-conscious.
A report from the company discovered the rate of viruses increased in June of this year, with the global ration of those borne from email traffic reaching one in 269.4. This is up by 0.06 per cent from May.
Symantec attributed the rise to a "burst" of attacks by malware impersonating international freight companies. Messages were sent informing a recipient that a parcel would not be able to be delivered. A fake invoice attached held a malicious link.
Some 10.4 per cent of malware from emails contained links to malicious portals, up 3.4 per cent from the previous month.
Australia topped the chart for virus activity, with one in 68.8 emails containing potentially harmful contents.
Phishing internationally totalled one in 280.4 emails, Symantec added.
Meanwhile, Microsoft executive William Kennedy commented this week on the demand for Outlook to be improved so it can better display rich web content.
"Word cannot run web script or other active content that may threaten the security and safety of our customers," he said.
A report from the company discovered the rate of viruses increased in June of this year, with the global ration of those borne from email traffic reaching one in 269.4. This is up by 0.06 per cent from May.
Symantec attributed the rise to a "burst" of attacks by malware impersonating international freight companies. Messages were sent informing a recipient that a parcel would not be able to be delivered. A fake invoice attached held a malicious link.
Some 10.4 per cent of malware from emails contained links to malicious portals, up 3.4 per cent from the previous month.
Australia topped the chart for virus activity, with one in 68.8 emails containing potentially harmful contents.
Phishing internationally totalled one in 280.4 emails, Symantec added.
Meanwhile, Microsoft executive William Kennedy commented this week on the demand for Outlook to be improved so it can better display rich web content.
"Word cannot run web script or other active content that may threaten the security and safety of our customers," he said.