! ! ! ! ! ! inCompass State-of-the-Web: Q1-2015 ! ! OVERVIEW NetSTAR!is!the!global!leader!in!OEM!URL/Web!Categorization,!Filtering,!and!Security!technology.!!With! over!800,000,000!globally!disbursed!endpoints,!it’s!industry!leading!Backend!Content!Categorization! Engine!(BaCCE),!and!unique!visibility!to!the!Internet,!NetSTAR!provides!a!quarterly!report!on!trends! that!it!is!seeing.! ! How are we communicating? ! NetSTAR!analyzed!newly! registered!domains!during!the! first!quarter!of!2015.!!The! most!common!languages,!and! the!percentage!of!sites!using! those!languages,!were!as!follows:! ! 1) English!!(51.95%)! 2) Russian!(4.98%)! 3) French!(4.56%)! 4) German!(4.27%)! 5) Spanish!(3.95%)! 6) Chinese!(3.02%)! 7) Dutch!(2.48%)! 8) Korean!(2.08%)! 9) Others!(22.71%)! ! The risks are growing, so the market is growing.! ! Malware,!phishing! attacks,!DDoS,!and!other!vulnerabilities!are!growing! from!month_to_month.!!As!result,!the!growth!of!the! cyber!security!market!continues!to!grow.!!Here!are! some!examples:! • • • • • Gartner!estimates!the!worldwide!cyber!security! market!is!currently!$71!billion!annually.! The!market!will!grow!by!8.2%!in!2015.! The!Compound!Annual!Growth!Rate!(CAGR)!is! estimated!to!be!at!10.3%!from!2014!to!2019! The!most!significant!growth!regions!are!both! APAC!and!EMEA.! According!to!FBR!Capital!Markets,!investment! in!“next_generation!cyber!security”!will! increase!20%!in!2015.! ! Mobile Ads outpace other online advertising growth! Online!advertising!continues! to!grow!across!the!board.!!However,!NetSTAR!continues! to!see!Mobile!Advertising!growing!at!a!faster!rate!than! other!online!advertising.!!In!the!first!quarter!of!2015,! over!50%!of!the!total!online!advertising!growth!could!be! attributed!to!mobile!advertising.! ! ! It’s dangerous out there, be careful. Malicious!exploits!are! becoming!more!wide!spread! and!more!sophisticated.!! During!the!first!quarter!of!2015! it!was!determined:! ! 1) Nearly!1,000,000!new!malware!threats!are!released! daily.!!! 2) Five!out!of!six!large!companies!are!targeted!for! cyber!crimes.! 3) Digital!“hostage!taking”!(also!known!as! ransomware)!is!increasing!significantly,!with!the! average!ransom!price!at!about!$400!USD.! ! ! It smells phishy out there (and spamy).! ! Although!phishing!campaigns! decreased!in!March!compared! to!January!and!February,!! Targeted!phishing!(spear_ phishing)!are!averaging!about!50!attacks!per!day.!!The! largest!percentage!of!spam!came!from!China!(24%),! followed!by!the!USA!(18%),!and!South!Korea!(14%).!!55%! of!spam!came!from!the!APAC!region.! ©!2015,!ALSI/NetSTAR,!Incorporated.!!All!rights!reserved.! ! More HTTPS please! Websites attacks, takeovers, and DDoS growing.! ! ! ! ! More!and!more!websites!started! the!new!year!by!switching!from! HTTP!to!HTTPS.! ! In!the!case!of!Pinterest,!as!well!as! others,!a!bounty!program!was!established!offering! individuals!a!cash!reward!for!reporting!any! vulnerabilities!found!on!any!of!their!property!sites.! ! ! No More HTTPS please ! ! Q1!showed!nearly!a!15%!increase! in!malware!traffic!using!encrypted! web!protocols!(https),!causing! major!challenges!for!security! solutions!like!firewalls!and!UTMs! to!adequately!detect!the!malicious!traffic!since! they!are!designed!to!detect!malicious!traffic!that!is! not!encrypted.! ! A!number!of!legitimate!Web! sites!have!been!attacked!recently.!!In!one!example,! a!popular!site!for!computer!programmers/coders! and!technical!users,!GitHub,!was!attacked!for! several!days!by!a!group!based!in!China.!!Although! just!one!example,!the!trend!seems!to!be!that!no! specific!industry!or!groups!are!immune!to!such! attacks.!For!example,!Check!Point!Software! Technologies!recently!discovered!that!hundreds!of! sites,!including!defense!contractors,! telecommunication!operators,!media!groups,! education,!and!more!had!been!hacked!and!gone! undiscovered!for!over!two!years.!!Rather!than! spear_phishing!or!drive_by_downloads,!the!cyber! espionage!group!responsible!were!targeting!Web! servers!that!were!not!adequately!secured.!!! ! ! ! NetSTAR!and!ALSI!GROUP!publish!the!inCompass!State_of_the_Web!Report!on!a!regular!basis.!!Data!is!compiled! from!the!analysis!of!billions!of!URL!transactions!per!day.!!The!inCompass!URL!Categorization,!Filtering,!and! Security!technology!is!used!by!over!150!of!the!leading!security,!online!advertising,!online!market!analysis,!and! big!data!companies!as!well!as!service!providers!and!mobile!operators.!!As!result,!the!data!includes!information! from!desktop,!notebook,!mobile!devices,!“internet!of!things”!(IoT)!devices,!and!from!service!providers!and! mobile!operators.!!Third_party!sources!include!collaboration!with!over!50!industry!groups,!as!well!as!specific! data!from!Check!Point!Software!Technologies,!FBR!Capital!Markets,!and!Gartner.!!All!rights!reserved!by!these! respective!companies.!!! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Headquarters Global Headquarters Ebisu East 438 Bldg. 6F 4-3-8 Ebisu Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0013 Japan Tele: +81-3-5795-4830 UK Office London, England EC1V 4PY Tele: +44 11 8315-0243! !!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!! USA Office San Mateo, California 94404 Tele: +1-650-277-3870 ©!2015,!ALSI/NetSTAR,!Incorporated.!!All!rights!reserved.!