Almost 99,000 PCs in Kuwait hit by Malware in August
Ian Cochrane an Marketing Manager of Trend Micro Middle East, while speaking at Radisson Blu on 6th Oct in the IT Security Roadshow organized by IDC (International Data Corporation). 2010 stated that a latest research has found 99,000 infected personal systems in Kuwait in August 2010. However, considering its limitations, the overall estimate crossed almost a million's quarter, as per the news by gulfnews.com on October 10, 2010.
The security experts inform that these hacked systems are running as Bots (abbreviated for Robots as a compromised system is controlled by an external user just like a robot), which means they are working under the sommand of a harmful external agent.
Also, Ian Cochrane stated that in Kuwait, spams have risen by 850% in one year. Therefore, malware is rising tremendously in the world. Presently, every one and half seconds a malware derivative is written, as per the news by Arabtimes.com on 11th Oct, 2010. Ian Cochrane said that, in the view of experts, hackers are not situated in the Middle East. They are based out of nations such as, China, Nigeria and Russia.
