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Turbulent quarter as hacktivism increases

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 12:03 PM PDT

After analysing vast numbers of IT threats during the second quarter of 2011, Kaspersky Lab announces the key trends in its latest quarterly malware report. Navigating the web remains the riskiest activity on the Internet, with malicious URLs that serve exploit kits, bots, ransomware Trojans, etc. being the most frequently detected objects online (65.44 per cent). 87 per cent of the websites used to spread malicious programs were concentrated in just 10 countries. The first two locations were the US and Russia. The Netherlands led the way in reducing the number of malicious hosting sites: compared to the previous quarter, its share has fallen by 4.3 per cent to 7.57 per cent. This is down primarily to the efforts of the Dutch police and includes the neutralising of botnets such as Bredolab and Rustock. Kaspersky Lab experts have divided countries into groups according to their local infection levels: High-risk countries (41-60 per cent unique users subject to web attacks) This group includes: Oman, Russia, Iraq, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Sudan, Saudi Arabia and Belarus. Newcomers to this group in Q2 were Sudan and Saudi Arabia, while Kazakhstan dropped down a level. Average risk group (21-41 per cent) This group is made up [...]