Securelist Malware Statistics as of August 2010

     Here comes Securelist's malware statistics as based on the infections and malicious activities last month of August.


Direct Link:

http://www.securelist.com/en/analysis/204792135/Monthly_Malware_Statistics_August_2010

     As usual, there are new comers in the top 20 and the malware developers are still harassing unpatched vulnerabilities. What actually caught my attention this time is CVE-2010-2568, a vulnerability in Windows LNK Shortcuts. Four of the malware in the top 20 list uses this exploit by creating a link inside directories. The malware is triggered when a user explores a folder that contains one of these nice shortcuts. Fortunately, I did not encounter any of these cute little pets in my system this recent month.