“The most active day for threat-related traffic worldwide is Tuesday, with Monday a close second, according to a report by SonicWALL. This pattern holds true for the U.S., China, India, Mexico, South Africa, Taiwan, Turkey, and several European countries. The most active time for threat-related traffic in the United States is between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m., Pacific Time. China and Taiwan top the list as the most heavily hit countries for worldwide threat-related traffic. Taiwan, New Zealand and South Africa are the countries most heavily hit with malware.”
This is interesting because if I would have guessed, the worst zero days would have been Sunday followed by Saturday.
Might it be Tuesday because some os companies also choose Tuesday for major updates leaving a possible 7 day reaction delay until the hole is patched?
Or might the answer be much simpler. Many malware writers just wont be bothered over the weekend.
Didn’t understand this. What do you mean? Wouldn’t that 7 day period exist if another day of the week had been chosen for major updates?