From Spam Daily News
Websense launches Global Phishing and Crimeware Threat Map
Posted on
January 23, 2006
The map displays the most recent data collected by Websense Security Labs and provides a historical look into where phishing and crimeware related websites are hosted on the Internet. Upon discovery, each site is looked up via its IP address to track the country of origin through the appropriate IP registrars and plotted on the map.
The data is updated approximately 15 minutes after discovery. Visitors may search threats around the globe by geographic region, date and threat types.
The Threat Map gives a clear illustration of the advancement of fraudulent activity as criminals' branch into new countries to deploy and house attacks. Over the past few months, Websense has seen a major increase in the number of phishing and crimeware related websites in the Republic of Korea and China. The United States continues to be the top country of origin for criminal activity on the Internet.
"In less than a year's time, we have seen phishing techniques evolve from what would appear to be done for bragging rights between hackers to what is now full fledged electronic crime," said Dan Hubbard, senior director of security and technology research for Websense, Inc.
Websense Security Labs mines and analyzes over 70 million sites daily for malicious mobile code (MMC) and hacks. The team manages a global honeynet of unprotected computers to discover MMC, new Trojan horses, keyloggers and blended threats. The findings are used to study their techniques, actions, and behavior on an enterprise network system.
http://www.websensesecuritylabs.com/ charts/threatmap.php
SOURCE: Websense, Inc.