Hong Kong is the most dangerous place to surf and search the Web in 2008 after leaping 28 spots to number one, according to a McAfee report released Wednesday. The second annual report, called "Mapping the Mal Web Revisited," classifies Websites across the globe based on security risk of their country's domain. Researchers say the report could act as a sort of global guide for Internet users.
"Essentially what we created was a guidebook for the Web," said Shane Keats, research analyst for McAfee and the study's author. "The Web is an incredible resource. It's remarkably rich with opportunity. That said, you have to use this resource wisely." Altogether, the study compared the ratings of sites found in 265 countries as well as other generic domains and ranked them based on the number of risky Websites that contained adware, spyware, viruses, spam and other forms of malware hosted by the country's domains.
View: The full story @ CRN
4 Comments - Add comment