Two viruses disguised as security software AntiVirus XP 2008 and XP Security Center have topped Fortinet’s top 10 list of August’s most reported online threats.
The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based security vendor said Malware W32/Multidr.JD!tr was especially dangerous with its one-day attack in late August, while the HTML/Agent.HFZ!phish attack wreaked havoc in users’ in-boxes as a disguised UPS e-mail. The two viruses placed at the top of Fortinet’s threat list with nearly 20 per cent of the month’s reported activities.
“Cyber criminals are clearly trying to take advantage of users’ security concerns with an intense campaign for rogue security applications this past month,” Derek Manky, security researcher at Fortinet, said in a release. “This is a popular, emerging area that provides a new social engineering approach -- black hats posing as white hats.”
Fortinet also said the Netsky family of malware ranked among the top malware families currently spreading throughout the Web with 9.5 per cent of reported viruses.
Top Ten Individual Threats
Rank |
Threat Name |
Threat Type |
% of Detections |
Top 100 Shift |
1 |
W32/Multidr.JD!tr |
Trojan |
10.02 |
new |
2 |
HTML/Agent.HFZ!phish |
Trojan |
8.15 |
new |
3 |
W32/Netsky!similar |
Mass mailer |
5.95 |
-2 |
4 |
JS/Agent.WMA!tr.dldr |
Trojan |
5.9 |
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