Most attacks come from legit but hijacked sites

From TechWorld John E. Dunn The number of legitimate Websites being hacked to host malware has hit startling highs in recent days, new figures from MessageLabs have revealed. Data taken from the days between May 4 and 8 showed that 84.6 percent of Websites blocked by the company for hosting...

Malicious web sites jump 200 percent

By Vivian Yeo, ZDNet Asia The threat from Web-based malware is growing at a rapid pace, with nearly 200 percent more malicious sites zdnet.com identified this month, according to a new report from MessageLabs. Released Tuesday, the MessageLabs Intelligence Report revealed that 2, 797 new Web site...