Web-based malware increased with 400%
Security vendor ScanSafe said that web-based malware on legitimate sites has increased with 400% in the last year. In a security report on this issue, ScanSafe found 68% of malware hosted on legitimate sites. The most used techniques used were Iframes and SQL injections, ScanSafe said.
The fastest-growing category of threats hosted on sites was backdoor and password-stealing malware, which increased with 855% from May 2007 to May 2008.
Source: silicon.com
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