US Rulz – in malicious PC attacks
p2pnet.net news:- During the second half of last year, American networks were by far responsible for more computer attacks than any other country, including China, says Symantec.
“The US accounted for 31 percent of malicious activity originating from computer networks, while 10 percent came from China and 7 percent from Germany, Symantec said in its Internet Security Threat Report,” according to ZDNet UK.
“The company also found that 51 percent of all known servers used by attackers to buy or sell stolen personal information, such as credit card or bank account numbers, are located in the US,” it says.
But, “bear in mind that not all of the bad U.S. apples necessarily originate within the United States,” eWeek has Symantec’s Dave Cole offering.
“Inside U.S. borders can be a playground for international hackers,” he said. “How much is U.S.-based and how much is driven from outside is anyone’s guess.”
And, “Taking the amount of a country’s malicious activity and dividing by the number of that country’s Internet users, Symantec found that Israel has the most per capita malicious Internet users, at 9 percent,” says the story. “Taiwan came in second, with 8 percent, and the United States came in third, with 6 percent.”
America also leads in “bot network activity,” or, “compromised computers controlled remotely and operating in concert to pump out spam or perform other nefarious acts,” and is moreover, “home to more than half of the world’s ‘underground economy servers’ – typically corporate computers that have been commandeered to facilitate clandestine transactions involving stolen data and may be compromised for as little as two hours or as long as two weeks, according to the report,” says Time, also quoting Symantec.
Microsoft Internet Explorer was the most-hit browser, “attracting 77 percent of all browser attacks,” and “Symantec said it expects to see more threats begin to emerge against Microsoft’s Vista operating system,” says Time, adding, “It also expects multiplayer online games to be targeted by phishers, who fool users into divulging passwords or other personal information by creating fake Web sites that look like the real thing.”
Also See:
ZDNet UK – Report: US most prolific source of online attacks, March 20, 2007
eWeek – We’re Number One! … For Malicious Internet Activity, March 19, 2007
Time – Most Computer Attacks Originate in U.S., March 19, 2007
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