Sophos: few NZ malware hosts; up-tick in malicious spam
New Zealand lags way behind our neighbours in Australia, but according Sophos Asia Pacific head of technology, Paul Ducklin, when it comes to hosting malware Kiwis should be happy with their lowly 51st ranking.
In its Security Threat Report: 2009 released yesterday, Sophos points the finger at the US for being the host of more web-based malware than any other country in 2008, overtaking China, which, in 2007, hosted more than half the world's malware.
According to Sophos, the US was responsible for 37 per cent of web malware this year, followed by China on 27.7 per cent and Russia on 9 per cent. Ducklin says Australia sits at 13th place for malware hosting, while New Zealand is a long way behind at number 51 of the 150 countries the security vendor identified as malware hosts.
