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Egypt Among Top Trojan Creation Countries

posted onFebruary 17, 2010
by hitbsecnews

Security is a major concern all around the world and according to Kaspersky Lab, Egypt seems to be responsible for three per cent of the world’s malware creation that are intended to steal computer passwords.

According to reports, Egypt was identified as the region’s top creator of PSW Trojans. PSW trojan is a special version of malware specifically designed to steal passwords and log in details from computer users.

This list is led by China, which was found to account for 63% of the trojan creation, followed by US, Mexico and France. Egypt is also considered to be the most vulnerable for cybercrimes with increasing number of victims who fall into the hands of hackers and trojan creators.

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