Volume 13: January - June 2012

The Microsoft Security Intelligence Report (SIR) analyzes the threat landscape of exploits, vulnerabilities, and malware using data from Internet services and over 600 million computers worldwide. Threat awareness can help you protect your organization, software, and people.

Deceptive Downloads: Software, Music, and Movies

This article examines how attackers take advantage of unsecure supply chains to distribute malware to victims around the world, with data and analysis about the problem based on Microsoft antimalware telemetry.

Linking Cybersecurity Policy and Performance

The report correlates more than 80 socio-economic indicators across 105 countries including literacy rate, Rule of Law and broadband usage with malware data from existing Microsoft Security Intelligence Reports.