HomeCommunitySecurity Blog

Security Blog

 

Threat Lab Report: Malware and Phishing Web Sites

Posted By Netgear Threat Lab at 10:22 AM, April 30, 2009

Based on data collected in Q1 2009, we found that pornographic and sexually explicit sites were most likely to host malware. Also, as expected, Streaming Media and Downloads sites are high up at number 3. This is no surprise as such sites have traditionally been near the top of the list. Unexpectedly however, job search sites were amongst the top ten.

top-10-malware-q1-2009.png
As for sites manipulated by phishing, health & medicine related sites top the list, followed closely by Webmail. Social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter are also becoming more frequently exploited by cyber criminals as a medium to spread malicious code.

top-10-phishing-q1-2009.png

Posted by: Netgear Threat Lab at 10:22 AM
Categories: Malware , Netgear Threat Lab , Phishing , Spyware , Viruses

No TrackBacks

TrackBack URL: http://prosecure.netgear.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-tb.cgi/21

Comments