Welcome to the December edition of the Symantec Intelligence report. Symantec Intelligence aims to provide the latest analysis of cyber security threats, trends, and insights concerning malware, spam, and other potentially harmful business risks.
In December there were eight data breaches reported that took place within the month of December. This number is likely to rise as more data breaches that occurred during the month are reported in the future. For instance, there were 14 new data breaches reported during December that took place between January and November.
The most commonly encountered malware in December was Trojan.Swifi. This threat is a Trojan horse that may be downloaded from a Web site and exploits a vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player.
A new zero-day vulnerability was also disclosed during the month of December. The Adobe Flash Player CVE-2014-9163 Stack Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code within the context of the affected application or result in denial-of-service conditions if the exploit
fails.
We hope you enjoy the December Symantec Intelligence Report. You can download your copy here.