One Million Sites Infected With Malware In Q2 42
Trailrunner7 writes "More than one million Web domains were infected with malicious code in the second quarter of 2010 — around one percent of all active Web domains, according to new data. The number of infected domains was extrapolated from data gained through a sample scan of what Dasient describes as 'millions of Web sites,' as well as from customer deployments. It suggests that compromises of Web sites are on the rise, as attackers look to push out malicious programs through so-called drive by download attacks."
Re:Less and less active... (Score:1, Informative)
Ahahahaha. You've gotta be kidding, right? I work at a computer repair shop and we're seeing half a dozen machines a day getting checked in for malware/malicious software infections. Machines running full antivirus, with patched Windows updates. People GO LOOKING for trouble. When you tell them that clicking the "Dislike" button on Facebook is serving up evil JavaScript and it's not real, or just scan their LimeWire folder and watch them cry, the look on their faces is priceless. People are getting owned every freakin' day, it's just that you never see that side of things because you probably run Linux + NoScript in some sandboxed VM or some shit. Malware is fsck'in EVERYWHERE and your average computer user is just chillin' without a clue on the chopping block.