1.2 million Web sites infected with malware

Research shows that the number of sites with malicious software (malware) and in the third quarter of 2010 malvertisement infected 1.2 million last year in the same period reached an estimated duplication. 

Therefore, the results of the investigation which revealed Dasient security company. The study also found that social networking sites and government sites, the main focus of attacks by cyber criminals to be. 

In particular, this study analyzed the growth of social media as the main target of cybercriminals. To test the attacks on Facebook and Twitter to be more aggressive.Twitter XSS attacks last September, for instance, direct users to pornographic sites and malware. There is also an attack that Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Hi5, Bebo, Friendster deliberately manipulated through spam messages a link to trick users into downloading fake anti-malware. 

In addition to the media, cyber-criminals increasingly aggressive government Web sites. NIH.gov, the site of the National Institutes of Health, page views per month is estimated to reach 9.5 million raised already infected up to five times during the period 2009 to 2010. Infected CA.gov also recorded five times, while Alabama AL.gov Infected 37 times. 

In the third quarter of 2010, an estimated 1.5 million per day Dasient malvertisment appeared in 2010. These will be delivered via downloads, and by fake antivirus campaigns. 

Domains that are most infected .. Com, and ru. Attack Info. Ru (Russia) has increased since last year, while mastering the attack. Cn (China) has declined. Here are ten (10) The attacker domain most: 

• Riotassistance.ru
• Mybar.us 
• Myads.name
• Toolbarcom.org
• Freead.name
• Adnet.biz
• Pqshow.org
• Pantscow.ru
• Nt02.co.in
• Nuttypiano.com