Internet Usage Statistics 1.76 BruCERT Activity Report 2007

2.0 BruCERT Activities and Operation in 2007 2.1 Incidents response Phising Website

In 2007, BruCERT receive its 1 st Phising website incident. BruCERT receive the incident report from the local ISP saying that one of Brunei local company is hosting an ebay phising website. An investigation was conducted to verify the phising website claim and was found that the phising web site was uploaded through improperly configured FTP service. The incident was properly contained and eradicated by BruCERT before it can cause any further damage to the organization.

2.2 Internet Usage Statistics

Internet in Brunei Darussalam Internet usage in Brunei Darussalam has been growing phenomenally since it was first launched in 1995. The 2 most popular internet connections in Brunei are the Broadband and Dial-Up technology. Based on the latest statistic 2005 and 2006 given by TelBru BruNet one of the ISPs in Brunei Darussalam, along with the estimated Brunei population of 380,000, there are an increased in number of users using Broadband. The following figures provide information on the total number of subscribers using Dial-Up and Broadband Internet Connections. 9188 6701 8643 8964 17831 15665 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 12000 14000 16000 18000 No. of Subscribers Internet User Subscribers 2005 Subscribers 2006 Subscribers 2005 Subscribers 9188 8643 17831 2006 Subscribers 6701 8964 15665 Dial Up Broadband Total Subscribers Figure 1 64

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2.272.36 4.69 4.12 0.00 0.50 1.00 1.50 2.00 2.50 3.00 3.50 4.00 4.50 5.00 No of Subscribers Internet Penetration Ratio 2005 Subscribers 2006 Subscribers 2005 Subscribers 2.42 2.27 4.69 2006 Subscribers 1.76 2.36 4.12 Dial Up Ratio Broadband Ratio Total Ratio against Population Figure 2 According to the statistics shown in both figures, it can be seen that Broadband subscribers is higher than Dial-Up subscribers from 2.27 2005 to 2.36 2006 and a fall in Dial-Up accounts from 2.42 2005 to 1.76 2006. This significant switch from dial-up to broadband usage could be influenced by the following factors:- ƒ higher bandwidth ƒ provide value-added services such as onsite technical support extended broadband service coverage nationwide ƒ latest IT gadgets in the markets such as wireless access point ƒ Information, Education, Business, etc purposes In addition from Figure 2, the total internet penetration ratio is decreasing from 4.69 to 4.12 due to the following reasons: ƒ a significant declined in number of dial-up users ƒ popularity in the use of cell-phone internet ƒ cybercafés which offer free internet access point with high-speed broadband internet connection Note: Please take into consideration that this statistics did not include subscribers using prepaid cards. 65

2.3 Statistics on malicious codes