Malware reports

Malware Miscellany, September 2008

  1. Greediest Trojan targeting banks
    This month, the nomination goes to Trojan-Banker.Win32.Banker.xkz, from the same family that won this category last month. This particular sample targets the users of 28 banks at once.

  2. Greediest Trojan targeting payment systems
    September’s winner is Trojan.Win32.Agent.adtp which has its sights set on four e-payment systems simultaneously.

  3. Greediest Trojan targeting payment cards
    It’s been a long time since we’ve seen a malicious program which wins out in more than one category. Autumn has brought a surprise entrant, with Trojan-Banker.Win32.Banker.xkz making an appearance in this category as well – in addition to going after 28 banks, it also targets five different payment cards.

  4. Stealthiest malicious program
    Autumn has brought about a change in this category – instead of the customary Hupigon, September features a modification of Backdoor.Win32.Netbus.160.e, which is packed with nine different packers.

  5. Smallest malicious program
    September’s winner, just like August’s, is 31 bytes in size, but has a different payload – it’s a new modification of Trojan.BAT.MouseDisable.c. And its name tells you everything you need to know – this Trojan will block the mouse.

  6. Largest malicious program
    Yet another Trojan-Banker wins the crown in this category: Trojan-Banker.Win32.Banbra.dkj weighs in at 34MB.

  7. Most common vulnerability on the Internet
    In September, this category was taken by Exploit.Win32.PowerPlay.a – it made up 6% of all vulnerabilities identified on web pages that were used to deliver malicious code to victim machines.

  8. Most common malicious program on the Internet
    Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Small.aacq, which won this category last month as well, still triumphs here; it’s involved in 20% of all cases, which is a pretty high number!

  9. Most common Trojan family
    Once again, this category is taken by an old familiar: Backdoor.Win32.Hupigon.c, which came over the finish line in September with 3072 new modifications.

  10. Most common virus/ worm family
    There’s also been no change in this category – as we move into autumn, Worm.Win32.AutoRun continues to reign, with 655 new modifications.

Malware Miscellany, September 2008

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