This is the 10 most dangerous cyber threats at the End of 2010

Jakarta - The year 2010 will soon be passed, and a variety of malicious programs (malware), also becoming its position as a terganas menasbihkan. Who are the cyber threats that deserve special credit until the end of this year?

Here are the top 10 global threat of malicious programs as of November 2010 version of Eset security company:

1.INF/Autorun (5.75%)

The virus is used to manjabarkan all variations of malware using the file autorun.inf as a way to attack a PC. This file contains information about the programs that are intended to run automatically when a mobile media (flash drives and the like) into your Windows PC with a free ride.

2.Win32/Conficker (4.92%)

Win32/Conficker is a network worm that usually spreads, taking advantage of the weakness of the Windows operating system. The vulnerability in the RPC sub-system and can be used by attackers to remotely without requiring a valid user identity from the target computer.

This worm can also spread through the folders and usb / flash disk, do the activation through the facilities of Autorun by default in Windows.

Meanwhile, if viewed from the ranking, Conficker visible decline, it is influenced by the change in naming. Have not seen indications of a significant reduction which includes all variants.

3.Win32/PSW.OnLineGames (2.54%)

Still Trojan family members commonly used for phishing attacks and is aimed at gamers. These types of Trojans with keylogging and sometimes enter the rootkit capabilities to gather information related to online gaming and the credentials of the players.

Trojans are still very much of this type was found, and gamers need to be very vigilant because there are always people who are not happy, which will steal the data of other gamers. So it is important also for participants in MMORPGs (Massively Multi-player Online Role Playing Games) like Lineage and World of Warcraft, as well as 'metaverses' such as Second Life, stay alert.

4.Win32/Sality (2.10%)

Sality is a kind of polymorphic file infector. This malware will attack after enabling us create / delete registry keys to enable security on the system and eventually also precisely activate reboot process in their respective operating system.

Win32/Sality modify EXE and SCR files and terminate processes and services related to security solutions.

5.Win32/Tifaut.C (1.5%)

Tifaut based malware Autoit scripting language. This malware spreads between computers by means reproduce yourself and go into storage devices (external hard disk or usb flash disk) with how you create Autorun.inf files remedy can be started automatically. Malware is designed to steal information from infected computers.

6.INF/Conficker (1.46%)

INF / Conficker associated with the detection of INF / Autorun. Threat This is another version of the file autorun.inf which is used to spread the new variant of Conficker worms, malware is also able to disable Autorun.

7.JS/Exploit.CVE-2010-0806.A (0.99%)

JS/Exploit.CVE-2010-0806.A not a new malware, but from detection by ESET Threat Center, the malware has increased significantly so that occupies position 7 November 2010.

This malware is actually developed using a JavaScript file, which utilizes kerentanaan CVE-2010-0806. Trojan is a variant that is usually part of other malware. By utilizing kerentanaan, an attacker could enable arbitrary code remotely on vulnerable systems.

8.Win32/Bflient.K (0.88%)

Win32/Bflient.K is a kind of worm that spreads through the medium of movement and contain a backdoor. Can be controlled remotely and ensure that will be active when an infected media is inserted into the computer.

9.Win32/Spy.Ursnif.A (0.81%)

This is the spyware programs that steal information from infected PCs and send it to another computer, is done by creating a new account that is hidden to open lines of communication to another desktop.

10. HTML / ScrInject.B (0.64%)

HTML / ScrInject.B is a generic detection of HTML web pages consisting of obfuscated script or iframe tags that automatically redirect to download malware.


There are two main causes of malware infections, which are malicious scripts and malicious iframe. For that, users should disable the script with mendefault if possible, not only in the browser application but also PDF.

As well as open-source NoScript extension for Firefox which allows useful to determine the disabling / enabling of JavaScript and other potential vectors.

source :detikinet.com