Internet based attacks on the US Federal websites are on the rise and that mandates a corresponding rise in security spendings. As a result, the spending on cyber security will now grow at twice the rate of growth of IT spending by the government. Growth in cyber attacks on federal government : 300% since 2005 [...]

The percent of spam mails containing malware has been on the rise. According to the latest “State of Spam” report, here are a few key pointers 86% of all mail was spam in September 4.5% of all spam contained a malware and that’s a high The most common subject lines in these mails were “Delivery [...]

The number of phishing websites is again on the rise and is highest since April 2007 when there were 55,653 phishing websites in the world. There 37,165 phishing sites in May,2009. This increased to 49,084 in June,2009. The number of hijacked brands was highest in March at 310. The number of banking password-stealing crimeware increased [...]

Botnets account for close to 87.9% of all spam sent. The biggest of the botnets are Rustock and Maazben. Maazben Originated in May Constituted 0.5% of all spam in August and 1.4% of all spam in September Rustock Constitutes 1.3 to 1.9 million bots Spams sent out on a regular basis from 3AM ET to [...]

United States is among the top ten malware affected countries in the world, according to a recent study. Here are the most common malware in the US along with the number of incidences of the same 1. Trojan : 74259 2. Adware : 24673 3. Worm : 13733 4. Virus : 11045 5. PUP : [...]

Taiwan and China are among countries with the highest percent of malware infected PCs in the world. In a 29 country tracking done by a security firm, here are the infection rates in each of the countries. Taiwan : 69.1% Russia : 67.99% China : 61.97% Spain : 61.69% Argentina : 61.52% Brazil : 61.48% [...]

If you live in Idaho and bugged with all this spam, you can probably think of moving to the US territory, Puerto Rico. This is the least spammed place in the USA with just over 83.1% spam. Here are the least spammed states in the United States: 1. Puerto Rico 2. Montana 3. Alaska 4. [...]

An unenviable top ten list of the states that receive the most spam in all of United States is led by Idaho, where close to 93.8% of all email received is spam. Here is the top ten states in the USA in the spam hit list: 1. Idaho : 93.8% 2. Kentucky : 93.0% 3. [...]

Spammers are not hiding themselves in the crowd of forum posters and web 2.0 kind user generated content websites are one of the most popular targets. Here are some astounding stats: 95% of comments on blogs, chatrooms and posts on forums are spam 69% of content classified as objectionable had at least one malicious spam [...]

Are you ready to let trusted online vendors profile your computer with cookies and other kinds of software in order to provide you with better security? A majortiy of the people do not seem to mind. Here are some interesting stats: 78% customers don’t mind cookies and software if that were to enhance online security [...]