Belarus, China, and Ukraine had the highest concentrations of malware hosting sites in the second quarter of 2012 (2Q12), based on data from the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report volume 13 . Belarus had the highest number of malware hosting servers in 2Q12, but Ukraine had the highest concentration...

I recently wrote an article examining the concentrations of malware hosting servers located in different regions of the world. As seen in Figure 1, Belarus and China, had the highest concentrations of malware hosting sites per 1,000 Internet hosts in the second quarter of 2012 (2Q12), based on data from...

The threat landscape in China is one topic that always garners a lot of interest. Using trend data from the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report volume 13 , and previous volumes, I will provide some insight into what the threat landscape in China looked like in the second half of 2012. Threat landscape...

Systems that host and distribute malware are located all over the world. These systems have typically been compromised and are being used for illicit purposes unbeknownst to the administrators of the systems. These compromised machines can be personal computers located in homes and small businesses,...

One location I haven’t written about in the past is Pakistan. This is one region where the malware infection rate increased substantially when we changed the method we use to locate systems reporting malware infections (as seen in Figure 1). Prior to 2011, the Microsoft Malware Protection Center...

I have written about the threat landscape in Korea a few times in the past as it has been one of the most active threat landscapes in the world for some time: A Very Active Place - The Threat Landscape in the Republic of Korea Koreans Vanquish Top Malware Threat, Threat Landscape Continues to...

In my last article on operating system infection rates I discussed the malware infection rate trends for operating systems and service packs. Many customers ask me about this data because it helps them understand how specific platforms are performing with regard to mitigating attacks over time. The long...

One topic that I get asked about each time we release a new volume of the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report is malware infection rates for operating systems and service packs. We released new data late this year in volume 13 of the report (SIRv13). Accordingly, I am dedicating a couple of articles...

As I wrote in the last article we published, based on new data from the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report volume 13 (SIRv13), exploit activity has increased substantially over the past year: Exploit Activity at Highest Levels in Recent Times: The Importance of Keeping All Software Up To Date . The...

Earlier this year we published a special edition Security Intelligence Report that looked at some of the ways the threat landscape has evolved over the past ten years . The report included a view into how attackers have shifted their tactics over the past decade. I discussed the data in this report in...

Recently I had the opportunity to speak at the Security Education Conference Toronto ( SecTor ) 2012, the largest security conference in Canada. Sector had a great group of speakers and more than 1,000 people and had a great group of speakers. At the conference I spoke in two sessions on two different...

I have written about the threat landscape in the European Union (EU) before, focused on the first and second half of 2011. If you are interested in learning about threats Microsoft observed during 2011, please read these articles: Cyber-Threats in the European Union The Threat Landscape Shifts...

This morning, Adrienne Hall, General Manager for Trustworthy Computing delivered a keynote speech at RSA Europe and announced the availability of the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report volume 13 (SIRv13). It’s hard to believe that it’s been over six years since we published the first...