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Zscaler Releases Q2 2010 “State of the Web” Report

August 2010 by Zscaler

Zscaler released its Q2 2010 State of the Web report. The report details the enterprise threat landscape and the variety of web based issues plaguing internet users.

It details how attackers are staying one step ahead of the game and enterprises are struggling to keep up. Here are some of the top findings detailed in the latest Zscaler State of the Web report:

 Attackers were quick to leverage the biggest news stories of the quarter, including the World Cup and release of the iPad,
in a variety of attacks

 China has surged to a #2 ranking, up from #5 in Q1, when looking at countries hosting the most malicious sites

 While corporate use of Internet Explorer 6 continues to decline, 1 in 5 employees continue to use the now nine-year-old
web browser, despite the continued emergence of 0day threats and a lack of modern security features

 Use of Facebook’s ‘Like’ buttons is also gaining popularity among attackers who are using the feature within the app and
on other sites to promote malicious web sites

 Twitter follower scams – sites set up to trick users into providing their Twitter credentials in exchange for more
followers—continue to thrive

 Wikileaks, the now infamous site known for publishing confidential documents related to the Afghan war, was a popular
destination for employees, with traffic to the site spiking as various news stories of the leaks broke

 Research into the top IP addresses hosting malicious content reveals just how frequently attackers relocate malicious
content to avoid detection

 Mass web based attacks are becoming increasingly common with misconfigured web applications permitting SQL injection
and unpatched WordPress sites also being popular targets

"Attackers continue to target end users in the hopes of obtaining valuable data or to compromise machines to build botnet
armies," according to Michael Sutton, VP of Security Research at Zscaler.

"While the goals have not changed, the techniques
continue to evolve." He continued: “It is clear that security vendors must be able to quickly adapt and inspect web based
content on-the-fly in order to identify and secure against emerging threats in this continually evolving environment.”

As a Security as a Services (SaaS) vendor with a global network of enforcement nodes, Zscaler encounters a multitude of
attacks each and every day. The company’s NanoLog technology, which is game changing in its ability to minimize logs
exponentially without losing data, enables real-time reporting at the transaction level, giving Zscaler’s research team an edge
in drilling down on or identifying new threats. The new report summarizes the threat activity over the course of the quarter
and identifies emerging attack trends.

To obtain a copy of the Zscaler State of the Web report, please visit: http://www.zscaler.com/zscaler-state-of-the-web-q2-
2010.html.


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