Russia overtakes China as the world's highest producer of malware and viruses
Russia has overtaken China as the world’s highest producer of spyware and viruses according to researchers at security vendor PC Tools. A substantial rise in malware originating from Russia has allowed the nation to overtake China for the first time in over a year as the world's most active malware producer. 27.89 percent of all malware detected by PC Tools' Threat Expert comes from Russia. China was found to produce 26.52 percent.
Posted Feb 25, 2008
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notgneiss:
Funny, my wife just forwarded me a purported message from HSBC. The link was to a not-so-cleverly obfuscated readyonline.es. Readyonline.es resolves in the ripe whois to "SC Electrosvyaz of Buryatia Republic."
notgneiss:
I admit, I had to use googlemaps to find Buryatia. It's south of Lake Baikal, close to the friendly Mongolian border.
notgneiss:
Oddly, Ulan Ude (Buryat capital) was featured in a recent NYT crossword puzzle. I think that's more than a coincidence.
todd:
