Archive for April 26th, 2007

Web-based Malware II

April 26, 2007

No sooner did I post about Sophos’ report on web-based malware that I was forwarded the following:
A simple Google search may not always return peaches n’ cream; in fact, even clicking one of Google’s own sponsored ads may result in malicious code being installed on your machine and stolen e-mail and bank account passwords, according [...]

Web-based Malware Spikes

April 26, 2007

IT security firm Sophos announced a doubling of web-based malware in the first quarter of this year over the same period last year and total spam relay 4.2% higher as well. Sophos also reports that China is a big culprit in hosting (41.1%) and infections. According to this article, Symantec reported last year that Beijing [...]