Security Threat Report 2007

January 2007

U.S. is worst for malware hosting and spam_relaying

Sophos has published its Security Threat Report 2007, examining the threat landscape over the previous twelve months, and predicting malware and spam developments during 2007. The report reveals that the U.S. hosts more than one third of the Websites containing malicious code identified during 2006, as well as relaying more spam than any other nation. The Sophos Security Threat Report 2007 examines in detail the top ten malware threats of the last year, and also confirms that malware authors are continuing to turn their backs on large_scale attacks in favor of more focused strikes against computer users. Microsoft Windows continues to be the primary target for hackers, with Internet criminals increasingly manufacturing downloading Trojan horses rather than mass_mailing worms to do their dirty work for them.
Source: http://www.sophos.com/pressoffice/news/articles/2007/01/secr ep2007.html