March Threats: Four Newcomers in Top Ten Global Malware Stats; Security Blog Exposed to Malware

For the fourth month in a row, HTML/ScrInject.B continues to dominate malware statistics based on ESET Live Grid® - a cloud-based malware collection system utilizing data from users of ESET solutions worldwide. Its recorded global infection rate was 5.60% globally (6.20% in Europe), up in both instances. INF/Autorun was the number two threat with 5.19% rate of infection (third in Europe with 4.38%), with a strong rebound as well. Number three malware worldwide was HTML/Iframe with 3.95% (number two in Europe with 4.66%)