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China now the Official global hub for spyware
From: "Dude VanWinkle" <dudevanwinkle () gmail com>
Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 20:48:12 -0400
If I havent heard it, its new to me! ---------------------------- From: http://www.techworld.com/security/news/index.cfm?newsID=5983 China has overtaken the US as the major distributor of spy and malware, the latest trend report from Webroot has claimed. The company used its "Phileas" malware tracking system to reckon China's proportion of global spyware as being 42 percent for the first quarter of 2006, with the US a distant second at 17 percent. This reverses the figures for Q4 of 2005, where the US was ahead. If accurate, the figures are a strong indication that 2006 will be the year that China, as long predicted, overtakes the US as the world's number one malware producer. Last month, Sophos rated China as now only a fraction behind the US in the bellweather spam production league. The Netherlands, France and Spain come next with a combined total of 12.5 percent of malware, but no one country comes close to two main offenders. Other statistics include the news that the cumulative figure for malware-distribution sites has risen from 400,000 in 2005 to 427,000 in the first quarter of this year. ----------------------------------------- -JP _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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