Welcome to the January 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.
The average number of spear-phishing attacks rose to 42 per day in January, up from 33 in December. Finance, Insurance, & Real Estate overtook Manufacturing in the Top-Ten Industries targeted for the month of January. The overall phishing rate also rose slightly in January, to one in 1,004 emails.
There were ten data breaches reported in January that took place during the same month. This number is likely to rise as more data breaches that occurred during the month are reported. In comparison, there were 14 new data breaches reported during January that took place between February and December of 2014.
Vulnerabilities are also up during the month of January, with 494 disclosed overall and two zero-days discovered.
We hope you enjoy the January Symantec Intelligence Report. You can download your copy here.