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inCompass State-of-the-Web: Q1-2015
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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.!
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How are we
communicating?
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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:!
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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%)!
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The risks are
growing, so the
market is
growing.!
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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:!
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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.!
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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.!
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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:!
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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.!
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It smells phishy out
there (and spamy).!
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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.!
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More HTTPS please!
Websites attacks,
takeovers, and DDoS
growing.!
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More!and!more!websites!started!
the!new!year!by!switching!from!
HTTP!to!HTTPS.!
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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.!
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No More HTTPS please !
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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.!
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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.!!!
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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.!!!
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