China hosts nearly half of malware sites
September 3, 2007
According to a report released Monday by antivirus company Sophos, China–including Hong Kong–hosted 44.8 percent of the world’s infected sites in August 2007. Sophos said that it detected an average of 5,000 new infected pages each day in the month of August.
Why is this important? The web is becoming a much less safe place for the average web surfer… and there are few solutions in the pipeline - except common sense and a lot of luck!
Malware a sophisticated ‘service’, says researcher
September 3, 2007
Malware is now being offered as a service, Auckland University researcher Peter Gutmann told the opening forum of Privacy Awareness Week in Wellington last week. “Some malware,” he says, “will not only take control of a computer but will also remove other malware.”
Why is this important? Because it continues to illustrate the growing sophistication of malware industry - targeted at serious financial gain…
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