Distinct malware volume soared to over 9,000 last month, more than twice that in December.
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Also highlighted in the report was the wave of attacks known as Operation Aurora--a major talking point following Google's threat last month to pull out of China. Fortinet said the attack, which uses a zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser, was ranked No. 4 on the list of top 10 attacks for January. For more on this story, read Fortinet: Malicious code hits record-high in Jan on ZDNet Asia.
