Web Pages Attacked Every 5 Seconds

Attacks on webpages have increased dramatically over the past few months. According to security firm Sophos, 15,000 pages on average were attacked daily between January and March (about every 5 seconds); this contrasts to the 2007 average of 6,000. Here is something even more alarming:

About 79 percent of compromised Web pages tracked this year belong to legitimate Web sites, Sophos reported. The company noted that the Web sites of Fortune 500 companies, government agencies and even security vendors, have fallen prey to malware attacks.

They're getting closer and closer to our personal data. I hope this serves as a wake-up call to those corporations and the government. Of course, it won't.

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