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Social Networks Need To Do More To Fight Cybercrime
Mike Sachoff
Staff Writer
2009-07-24
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Social networking websites such as Twitter and Facebook need to do more to protect their millions of users, according to a new report from security firm Sophos.
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The report says cybercriminals are doubly exploiting social networks, using them first to identify potential victims and then to attack them, both at home and at work.
"What's needed is a period of introspection - for the big Web 2.0 companies to examine their systems and determine how, now that they have gathered a huge number of members, they are going to protect them from virus writers, identity thieves, spammers and scammers," said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos.
"The honeymoon period of these sites is over, and personally identifiable information is at risk as a result of constant attacks that the websites are simply not mature enough to protect against."
SECURITY THREAT REPORT STATS AND FINDINGS AT A GLANCE
· 22.5 million different samples of malware - almost double the level of June 2008
· Two thirds of businesses fear that social networking endangers corporate security
· New web infections - one new infected webpage discovered by Sophos every 3.6 seconds (four times faster than in first half of 2008)
· 40,000 new suspicious files examined by SophosLabs every day
· United States hosts the most malware on the web (39.6 percent)
· U.S. computers relay the most spam (15.7 percent)
· 89.7 percent of all business email is spam
UNITED STATES IS THE NUMBER ONE COUNTRY HOSTING MALWARE IN 2009
In 2007, China was responsible for hosting over 50 percent of all web-based malware. However, this position has been stolen by the U.S.
The top ten list of malware-hosting countries in 2009 reads as follows:
1. United States 39.6%
2. China (incl HK) 14.7%
3. Russia 6.3%
4. Peru 4.3%
5. Germany 3.5%
6. S Korea 2.7%
7. Turkey 2.5%
8. Thailand 2.4%
9. Poland 2.3%
10. United Kingdom 2.0%
Others 19.7%
About the Author:
Mike is a staff writer for WebProNews. Visit WebProNews for the latest ebusiness news.
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