Most "Legit Sites" Host Malware (Web Host Industry Review)
July 31, 2008 -- ( WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- A new study shows that 15 percent of malware is from legitimate sources with "Good" reputations, and 60 percent of the 100 most popular websites have either hosted or been involved in malicious activity in the first six-months of 2008.
Most drive-by malware comes from China, Google says (CNET)
Google analyzes Web sites in its index and finds that most of the sites that have malware are in China, according to a presentation at the Usenix security conference.
Sunbelt Software Announces New Anti-Malware Solution, VIPRE Enterprise (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
As part of its ongoing efforts to address the rapidly evolving malware landscape facing enterprises, Sunbelt Software today announced the release and general availability of VIPRE Enterprise(TM).
US Takes Gold Medal for Hosting Malware in the Run up to the Olympics; China Takes Silver (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
LONDON & SAN MATEO, Calif.----With the Beijing 2008 Olympics less than two weeks away, ScanSafe, the pioneer and leading provider of SaaS Web Security issued data today on the top three countries hosting Web-based malware including viruses, Trojans, root kits, password stealers and other malicious programs.
Hoffman to demonstrate new hacking techniques (SearchSecurity.com)
Researcher to demonstrate hacking methods that enable malware authors to shield their programs from analysis.
