[pchelpers] News:Malware doubles as hackers turn to web: report

25/04/2007 10:51:50 AM
Malicious software has more than doubled in the last year and is
increasingly finding a home on web pages, according to an internet
security report released Tuesday.

CBC News  

In the first quarter of 2007, security firm Sophos PLC identified 23,864
new threats, more than double the 9,450 the company found in the same
period last year.

Malicious software can take many forms: mass-mailing worms, parasitic
viruses that attach and copy themselves onto legitimate documents or
Trojans disguised as other programs that allow hackers to steal personal
information from computer users.

The company said this growth was spurred by a new movement to place
malicious programs on websites rather than send them through e-mail
attachments.

"With computer users becoming increasingly aware of how to protect
against e-mail-aware viruses and malware, hackers have turned to the web
as their preferred vector of attack," the report said.

>From January to the end of March, the company identified an average of
5,000 new infected web pages every day.

Hackers did not create all of the infected websites, however. The
majority - 70 per cent - were websites vulnerable to attack because they
were unpatched or poorly maintained by their owners

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