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saipothuri
22-08-2007, 10:35 PM
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63% of Malware Emerges from U.S. Sites, Report Says
By Brian Prince
August 20, 2007

A Cyveillance report chronicles a continued rise in malware distribution and phishing attacks.




U.S.-based Web sites hosting malware are responsible for the majority of malware distributed on the Internet,

The company's "Online Financial Fraud and Identity Theft Report" found that Web surfers visiting sites based in the United States are more at risk from malware attacks and online identity theft than visitors to sites based in other countries, with more than 63 percent of malware distributed to visitors via tainted U.S.-based Web sites.


Source : http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2173456,00.asp