Network Box urges UK government to focus on cybercrime as Britain climbs the virus charts

Published 28th July 2010

June saw the UK become the fourth largest producer of spam in the world, and it is now also the fourth largest producer of viruses, according to July threat statistics from managed security company, Network Box.

The number one virus producer remains the US, which has increased production by around one per cent (to 14.6 per cent). But India’s slight increase in production (from 9.2 to 9.5 per cent) was enough to move it to number two in the charts and see Korea drop to third place, with a decline in production of more than three per cent.

The UK has moved from sixth to fourth place in the virus charts – it now produces five per cent of the world’s viruses - the result of an increase of two per cent in virus production and Russia’s decrease of over three per cent.

The spam chart is still dominated by the US (11 per cent), India (eight per cent), Brazil (almost five per cent) and the UK (four per cent).

Simon Heron, Internet Security Analyst for Network Box, says: “Governments are in a difficult position at the moment. Clearly, cuts need to be made to balance the books, but there is also evidence that cybercrime will increase at times of economic strain. Cybercrime is a crime without borders and all governments must co-operate to successfully tackle the problem. The recent news that the UK’s Police Central E-Crime Unit will not receive the increased funding it expected next year, may be seen as further evidence that cybercrime is not being tackled with the urgency that it requires.”

For more information on security issues, see www.network-box.co.uk, or visit Simon Heron’s blog at: http://blog.network-box.co.uk/, or follow Simon on Twitter: http://twitter.com/networkbox.

Top Viruses

Threat Name Daily Average %

nbh-multext 11.74416
nbh-bbadhdr 10.96479
trojan.win32.jorik.oficla.u 7.48022
trojan.win32.jorik.oficla.j 5.34248
trojan.win32.oficla.bo 4.99572
nbh-bbadarc 2.86633
trojan.win32.oficla.bt 2.2565
trojan.win32.oficla.br 2.20455
spam.porn.porn_nb_pornhint_34 2.0738

Top Trojans

Threat Name Daily Average %

trojan.win32.jorik.oficla.j 0.02285
trojan.win32.jorik.oficla.u 0.01984
trojan.win32.oficla.bo 0.01462
trojan-downloader.win32.fraudload.gxk 0.01208
trojan.win32.jorik.oficla.bb 0.01033
trojan.win32.oficla.bt 0.00959
trojan-downloader.win32.small.kop 0.00799
trojan.win32.jorik.oficla.aa 0.0074
trojan-spy.win32.zbot.alos 0.00535
trojan.win32.oficla.br 0.00443


Top Intrusions

Threat Name Daily Average %
NETBIOS 39.28267
BOGON 8.6792
PINGFLOOD 1.36153
HTTP-S-WEBDAV 0.6266
ICMP 0.05833
SOBIG-F 0.05746
HTTP-S-WEBDEX 0.02595
HTTP-S-UNIXATTACK 0.02459
HTTP-S-NIMDA 0.00973
HTTP-S-IISATTACK 0.0008


Top Sources of Viruses

Country Daily Average %

United States 14.64898
India 9.57231
Korea 5.99554
UK 5.09639
Russia 4.01557
China 3.35989
Ukraine 2.89108
Italy 2.79624
Australia 2.69671
Vietnam 2.55455

Top Sources of Spam

Country Daily Average %

United States 11.42716
India 8.73694
Brazil 4.97363
UK 4.80078
Vietnam 3.92574
China 3.56398
Russia 3.2715
Germany 3.19516
Korea 3.19514
France 2.47488