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90 Day Global Threats, Risks, and Vulnerabilities Timeline
90 Day Global Threats, Risks, and Vulnerabilities Timeline
90 day view of discovered Threats, Security Risks and announced Vulnerabilities brought to you by the DeepSight Threat Management System
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90 Day Attack Trends By Region
90 Day Attack Trends By Region
90 day attack trends by region information brought to you by the DeepSight Threat Management System.
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Latest Threats & Risks
Latest Threats & Risks
Accurate and up-to-date information on the latest threats and security risks.
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SeverityNameTypeProtected*
Bloodhound.Exploit.323Trojan, Virus, Worm19/03/2010
Trojan.MebratixTrojan19/03/2010
W32.CustamWorm18/03/2010
Suspicious.XX Trojan, Virus, Worm16/03/2010
Suspicious.ADTrojan, Virus, Worm16/03/2010
Bloodhound.PDF!gen1Trojan16/03/2010
Bloodhound.PDF!gen Trojan15/03/2010
W32.Qakbot!gen2Trojan, Virus, Worm15/03/2010
Backdoor.Lancafdo!genTrojan12/03/2010
Trojan.Pidief.ITrojan11/03/2010
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Vulnerabilities
Vulnerabilities
A Vulnerability is a state in a computing system (or set of systems) which either (a) allows an attacker to execute commands as another user, (b) allows an attacker to access data that is contrary to the specified access restrictions for that data, (c) allows an attacker to pose as another entity, or (d) allows an attacker to conduct a denial of service.
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  • Symantec Endpoint Protection 11
  • Norton AntiVirus 2008 and newer
Virus Definitions created 3/18/10
Virus Definitions released 3/18/10
Defs Version: 120318an
Sequence Number: 108711
Extended Version: 3/18/10 rev. 40
Total Detections (Threats & Risks): 6801261

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  • Symantec AntiVirus
  • Norton AntiVirus 2006/2007
Virus Definitions created 3/18/10
Virus Definitions released 3/18/10
Defs Version: 120318p
Sequence Number: 108693
Extended Version: 3/18/10 rev. 16
Total Detections (Threats & Risks): 6800664

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Virus Definitions released 3/17/10

Symantec Endpoint Protection Security Updates Learn More

Proactive Threat Protection: 3/18/10 rev. 18
Network Threat Protection: 3/13/10 rev. 2
Norton AntiVirus for Mac Virus Definitions released 3/18/10
Symantec AntiVirus for Handhelds Virus Definitions released 2/26/10

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