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Sophos have released their latest Security Threat Report and the results reveal that Apache is the most compromised server, China has overtaken the US as the country that hosts the most web threats and threats from the web are becoming more prolific.
By examining a sample of the webpages that their software blocks, Sophos has discovered that 28.8% were hosting malware.
A further 28.0 percent were blocked due to the adult nature of their content, most commonly because they were pornography or gambling sites.
Pages set up by spammers accounted for 19.4 percent and 4.3 percent were classed as illegal sites, for instance, they were peddling pirated software or were phishing sites.
Of the websites containing malicious code, just one in five had been designed specifically for malicious activity, with the remaining 80 percent made up of legitimate sites that have fallen victim to hackers.
Apache is the most compromised server
Sophos also examined which servers were most vulnerable and Apache came out as te unfortunate winner.
The breakdown of the world’s top server types affected by web threats in the first six months of 2007 reads as follows:
1. Apache 51.0%
2. Microsoft IIS 6 34.0%
3. Microsoft IIS 5 9.0%
5. nginx 3.0%
Other 3.0%
Top web-based threats
The top ten list of web-based malware hosted on these infected sites during the first six months of 2007 reads as follows:
1. Mal/Iframe 49.2%
2. Troj/Fujif 7.9%
3. JS/EncIFra 7.3%
4. Troj/Psyme 8.3%
5. Troj/Decdec 6.9%
6. Troj/Ifradv 4.1%
7. Mal/ObfJS 2.5%
8. Mal/Packer 1.5%
9. VBS/Redlof 1.1%
10. Mal/FunDF 0.9%
Other 10.3%
Most infected webpages hosted in China
China, which at the end of 2006 hosted just over a third of all malware, has now overtaken the US, and in the first six months of 2007 was responsible for hosting more than half of all web threats reported to Sophos in this period
The top ten list of countries hosting malware-infected web pages during the first half of 2007 reads as follows:
1. China 53.9%
2. United States 27.2%
3. Russia 4.5%
4. Germany 3.5%
5. Ukraine 1.2%
6. France 1.1%
7. Canada 0.8%
8. United Kingdom 0.7%
9= Taiwan 0.6%
9= South Korea 0.6%
Other 5.9%
For the full report go to: http://www.sophos.com/reportjul2007
By examining a sample of the webpages that their software blocks, Sophos has discovered that 28.8% were hosting malware.
A further 28.0 percent were blocked due to the adult nature of their content, most commonly because they were pornography or gambling sites.
Pages set up by spammers accounted for 19.4 percent and 4.3 percent were classed as illegal sites, for instance, they were peddling pirated software or were phishing sites.
Of the websites containing malicious code, just one in five had been designed specifically for malicious activity, with the remaining 80 percent made up of legitimate sites that have fallen victim to hackers.
Apache is the most compromised server
Sophos also examined which servers were most vulnerable and Apache came out as te unfortunate winner.
The breakdown of the world’s top server types affected by web threats in the first six months of 2007 reads as follows:
1. Apache 51.0%
2. Microsoft IIS 6 34.0%
3. Microsoft IIS 5 9.0%
5. nginx 3.0%
Other 3.0%
Top web-based threats
The top ten list of web-based malware hosted on these infected sites during the first six months of 2007 reads as follows:
1. Mal/Iframe 49.2%
2. Troj/Fujif 7.9%
3. JS/EncIFra 7.3%
4. Troj/Psyme 8.3%
5. Troj/Decdec 6.9%
6. Troj/Ifradv 4.1%
7. Mal/ObfJS 2.5%
8. Mal/Packer 1.5%
9. VBS/Redlof 1.1%
10. Mal/FunDF 0.9%
Other 10.3%
Most infected webpages hosted in China
China, which at the end of 2006 hosted just over a third of all malware, has now overtaken the US, and in the first six months of 2007 was responsible for hosting more than half of all web threats reported to Sophos in this period
The top ten list of countries hosting malware-infected web pages during the first half of 2007 reads as follows:
1. China 53.9%
2. United States 27.2%
3. Russia 4.5%
4. Germany 3.5%
5. Ukraine 1.2%
6. France 1.1%
7. Canada 0.8%
8. United Kingdom 0.7%
9= Taiwan 0.6%
9= South Korea 0.6%
Other 5.9%
For the full report go to: http://www.sophos.com/reportjul2007