State of Internet Security

moosoft — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:17:18 +0000

Websense reports that malware is on the rise and the methods of spreading it are changing.

13.7 percent of searches for trending news/buzz words (as defined by Yahoo Buzz & Google Trends) lead to malware
95 percent of user-generated comments to blogs, chat rooms and message boards are spam or malicious
35 percent of malicious Web attacks included data-stealing code
58 percent of data-stealing attacks are conducted over the Web
85.8 percent of all emails were spam
an average growth of 225 percent in malicious Web sites

Couple arrested in Manchester over alleged Zbot trojan distribution

moosoft — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:20:46 +0000

Reports are coming in of an important arrest in connection with the now-infamous Zbot group of trojan malware.