ZDNet: Microsoft report: Downloaded malware exploded in late 2013

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Better security in software has forced attackers to rely more on deceptive practices, tricking people rather than software, according to Microsoft's latest Security Intelligence Report.

By Larry Seltzer
May 7, 2014

In the newest edition of their Security Intelligence Report, covering the second half of 2013, Microsoft says that their investments of more than ten years in secure development practices have been paying off: Between 2010 and 2013, the number of severe vulnerabilities exploited in Microsoft products decreased by 70%. That's the good news.

The bad news is that malicious actors have compensated by increasing their use of deceptive tactics, the use of which more than tripled in the last quarter of 2013.

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