Germany tops the European list of Cybercrime for maximum active bot

Germany all the other European countries in cybercrime. In 2010 alone, Symantec discovered 286 million new global threats for businesses and individuals online operations. />
Over half a million computers by the so-called bots, programs that run automatically, usually without the computer owners know infects them. Bot will perform tasks that are both simple and structurally repetitive, at a much higher rate than would be possible for a human alone. The largest use of bots spider web, where an automated script pulls reviewed and archived information from the web server with multiple speed of a person. />
Symantec said the five bot-infected computers in Europe in Germany. On average, 1,946 active bot in Germany every day and Symantec said that the country is a preferred "logistics Services base" for people or companies distribute viruses, phishing or spam. />
Germany takes second place in Europe - the UK - when it comes to malware or malicious code activity. And the country is also the second in phishing activity and the distribution of trojans. He rose from the sixth and fifth place, according to the order, in 2009. />
attacks on smartphones, a new cyber-crime areas of business, nearly doubled in 2010. Most of these attacks are in the form of Trojans disguised as legitimate applications. Official app stores served mostly as a platform for these activities. But now the menace of mobile content industry by security experts.
/> by Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer warned the antivirus software company F-Secure, when its way to the mobile phone worm can spread worldwide in less than five minutes.

"This can not be accomplished, but it could happen." Sooner or later it will happen, but no response when Hypponen explained. But security companies and manufacturers of mobile phones found solutions to limit the attacks occurred, he said. "It does not always work. Finally, we have the first global outbreak. Yet we have to detain them more than five years, at least." />
Kevin Haley, director of Symantec Security Technology and Response, said in a blog entry that many firms have not implemented security policies for smartphones and tablet PC. "The most serious current danger to the user application, download the code so that malicious hackers to control access to user information, or even about the device," he said. And he added: "As mobile devices continue to become more critical to the business in the coming year, we have a proliferation of malicious software that is specially designed to fall for this device." />
social network has come under increased attack by Symantec. A commonly used trick involved moving the shortened URL by e-mail or Web pages. Only after phishing attack or malware. Symantec has worldwide more than 286 million malware threats, targeted attacks are growing very rapidly. Many attacks exploit vulnerabilities purpose toolkits Java software. Web-based attacks up to 93 pc in 2009 and 2/3 of them involved toolkits. />
Hydraq and Stuxnet program is used to attack frequently used applications such as Internet Explorer, Adobe Reader or Adobe Flash. Attacks targeting IT systems in particular. Trojan.Hydraq is a Trojan that can affect a computer through spam emails or stored by another virus. Trojan.Hydraq box opens a backdoor on the infected computer and allow an attacker full access. After />
Symantec Threat Report, hackers gathered 260,000 identities in each attack. Hacker destroyed four times as much data as other problems. Throughout the world, the top U.S. and China. Chart Malicious activity by country, unchanged from the previous year Germany rises to third place from fifth and Brazil in fourth place, unchanged from the previous year. England fell from third to fifth place />
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