A report released Wednesday indicates an organization on average experiences a malware-related event every three minutes, often involving business-related spear phishing and targeting technology companies. The findings were included in a new report on advanced persistent threats released by researchers at the FireEye Malware Intelligence Lab. The report notes that the millions of analyzed malware events could be characterized as APTs because they bypassed traditional signature- and behavior-based technologies such as firewalls and intrusion prevention systems on the frontlines of network security.
Source: https://threatpost.com/organizations-average-hit-every-three-minutes-malware-040313/77696/