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Malware attacks soar to new levels

by Marianna Schmudlach Oct 21, 2008 2:43AM PDT

New figures show 338 per cent increase this quarter

Written by Phil Muncaster

vnunet.com, 21 Oct 2008

The amount of malware blocked in the third quarter of this year increased by a staggering 338 per cent compared with the first quarter, according to new figures from web security firm ScanSafe.

The vendor's quarterly Global Threat Report found that corporate systems are more at risk than ever, with three-quarters of these malware blocks coming from visits to compromised web sites.

Typically this means that an SQL injection attack has been carried out on a legitimate web site which a user visits in good faith only to be infected by stealth, according to ScanSafe.

More: http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2228734/web-threats-continue-mcafee

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