IT security firm Sophos today released a list of the top ten countries
hosting malware on the web, indicating which territories are the biggest
offenders. Sophos detected over 50,000 newly infected web pages every day with
its findings revealing that the problem of compromised websites is truly global.
Top ten countries hosting malware on the web, January - December 2009:
1. United States 37.4%
2. Russia 12.8%
3. China 11.2%
4. Peru 3.7%
5. Germany 2.6%
6. South Korea 2.4%
7. Poland 2.1%
8. Thailand 2.0%
9. Turkey 1.9%
10. United Kingdom 1.6%
Other 22.3%
