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Second half of 2007 in review

01.22.2008 - 3:00 PM
As another year comes to close, let's look back at the lessons we have learned and extrapolate what we can expect to see this year. As the philosopher George Santayana would say, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."

ThreatSeeker Technology Q3-Q4 2007 Results*
  • 51% of Web sites with malicious code are legitimate sites that have been compromised, rather than sites specifically commissioned by hackers
  • 18% of malicious Web sites were created using a toolkit
  • 87% of email messages are spam
  • 65% of unwanted messages contain malicious URLs (including links to spam and malicious sites)
* The information contained within this report represents a small portion of the research activity conducted by Websense Security Labs during the second half of 2007.

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  • A rise in targeted Web 2.0 special-interest attacks
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