2007 - The year of the web threat

Sophos are reporting that cyber criminals are to move their activities from e-mail to the Web in 2007 as poor security by particularly US based hosts makes vulnerabilities ripe for the picking.

Full story at BBC News.

A number of interesting stats can be found in the same article:

"Links to websites containing Trojan downloaders account for 51% of infected mail while spyware-infected mail accounts for 42%, according to Sophos.

According to the report, 30% of all malware in now written in China. 17% is designed for the specific purpose of stealing passwords from online gamers, an indication that malware writing exploits country-specific online trends."