AplusWebMaster
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FYI…
- http://www.sophos.com/pressoffice/news/art…ortapr2007.html
24 April 2007 ~ "…In the first quarter of 2007, Sophos identified 23,864 new threats - more than double the number found in the same period last year when the company identified 9,450. At the same time, the percentage of infected email has dropped from 1.3 percent, or one in 77 emails in the first three months of 2006, to one in 256, or just 0.4 percent in 2007.
> Infected websites pose greatest threat
From January to the end of March, Sophos identified an average of 5,000 new infected webpages every day, indicating that this route to infection is becoming more popular with cybercriminals. With computer users becoming increasingly aware of how to protect against email-aware viruses and malware, hackers have turned to the web as their preferred vector of attack…"
(Also in the report:
- Top ten malware families hosted on websites…
- Top ten countries hosting web-based malware… )
- http://www.sophos.com/pressoffice/news/art…ortapr2007.html
24 April 2007 ~ "…In the first quarter of 2007, Sophos identified 23,864 new threats - more than double the number found in the same period last year when the company identified 9,450. At the same time, the percentage of infected email has dropped from 1.3 percent, or one in 77 emails in the first three months of 2006, to one in 256, or just 0.4 percent in 2007.
> Infected websites pose greatest threat
From January to the end of March, Sophos identified an average of 5,000 new infected webpages every day, indicating that this route to infection is becoming more popular with cybercriminals. With computer users becoming increasingly aware of how to protect against email-aware viruses and malware, hackers have turned to the web as their preferred vector of attack…"
(Also in the report:
- Top ten malware families hosted on websites…
- Top ten countries hosting web-based malware… )