Thursday, June 13, 2013

Indonesia occupied ranks 8th as 'country barn' spam


According to the data analysis and security report made by Microsoft and Sophos, there are three Asian countries that fall into the vulnerable category of contracting malware and Indonesia is one country that became granaries spam.
In a report titled Microsoft Security Intelligence Report Volume 14, Microsoft explained that there are three Asian countries are highly vulnerable to malware attacks. These countries include South Korea, China and India.
Report that takes sample data from July to December 2012 and the number of electronic devices such as PCs, laptops, smartphones and tablets explained that South Korea ranks in the red category as Asian countries are highly vulnerable to malware attacks.
Quoted from Silo Breaker (29/04), globally, the United States is still the number one state for this case followed by Brazil.
As for the problem of spam, in its report, Sophos provides a list of the 10 largest countries in the world's largest spam barn and Indonesia was ranked 8th.
According to Graham Clueley, a Sophos Senior Technology Consultant, circulation is very dangerous spam. Although it still can not be said to be dangerous, but there will likely spam will also contain malware, trojans, phishing botnet that can ruin even steal data at the same time users of electronic devices that are connected to the internet.
Clueley also explained that many current users of electronic devices seem lazy to fortify their devices or also provide the latest antivirus updates and patches to ward off spam and malware attacks that are circulating on the internet.
In the list of 10 countries that are vulnerable to spam attacks, the United States still tops the list followed by South Korea, India, Russia and Brazil at number 5. Indonesia ranks 8th after Vietnam and Taiwan.
 
Sources:
http://www.merdeka.com/teknologi/indonesia-duduki-peringkat-ke-8-sebagai-039negara-gudang039-spam.html

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