Gaming, Celebrity Sites Nastiest Web Neighborhoods

Iria · Feb 24, 2006, 09:58 PM

Your mother was right: some neighborhoods are more dangerous than others.

In a recently published paper, researchers at the University of Washington said that some Web wards are significantly more likely to host spyware and launch "drive-by downloads," the term for the hacker practice of using browser or Windows vulnerabilities to silently install software.

The nastiest Web neighborhoods? Games and celebrity-oriented sites.

"Our data shows that the most high-risk category is 'games,'" said the report. "Another is celebrity, for which over one in seven executables are infected with spyware."
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Feb 24, 2006, 09:58 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Gaming, Celebrity Sites Nastiest Web Neighborhoods Your mother was right: some neighborhoods are more dangerous than others. In a recently published paper, researchers at the University of Washington said that some Web wards are significantly more likely to host spyware and launch "drive-by downloads," the term for the hacker practice of using browser or Windows vulnerabilities to silently install software. The nastiest Web neighborhoods? Games and celebrity-oriented sites. "Our data shows that the most high-risk category is 'games,'" said the report. "Another is celebrity, for which over one in seven executables are infected with spyware." _____________ Read More / Source: TechWeb