Microsoft Security Intelligence Report Puts"Zero-Day" Threat intoContext Highlights Manageability of Threat Landscape
Bernama (14 Oct 2011)

Latest study analyzes data from more than 600 million systems worldwide and provides comprehensive information and protective guidance on the threat landscape

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 13 (Bernama-AsiaNet)-Today at RSA Conference Europe 2011, Microsoft Corp. released its Security Intelligence Report volume 11 (SIRv11), which found that less than one percent of exploits in the first half of 2011 were against zero-day vulnerabilities, a software vulnerability successfully exploited before the vendor has published a security update, or "patch." In contrast, 99 percent of all attacks during the same period distributed malware through familiar techniques, like social engineering and unpatched vulnerabilities. Microsoft highlights that some of the more common threats can be mitigated through good security best practices.