Websense Pre-Brief Request - Cyber Criminals Move Operations to Canada: 319 Percent Increase in Hosted Crimeware
Cyber criminals are on the move again. And, this time, Canada is the prime target. IP addresses in China and Eastern Europe are highly scrutinized and undergoing intense evaluation. So hackers are on a quest to move their networks to countries, like Canada, that have better cyber reputations.
Websense recently conducted an analysis of Canada’s cyber security risk profile, and all trends pointed to Canada as the new breeding ground for cyber criminals. For example:
- Jump in Hosted Phishing Sites - Canada saw a huge increase in the number of servers hosting phishing sites, jumping 319 percent in the last year. This tremendous increase over the last 12 months is second only to Egypt in terms of the growth of sites hosting crime ware.
- Increase in Bot Networks – Cyber criminals are moving their command and control centers to safer grounds. In the past eight months, Canada saw a 53 percent increase in bot networks. In fact, Canada scored the second highest for hosting bot networks, when compared to the U.S., France, Germany and China.
- Malicious Websites – We’re seeing a trend of malicious websites decline across the board. However, Canada’s decline is tremendously slower, when compared to the countries listed above.
- Overall Increase in Cyber Crime – In Websense’s most recent Threat Report, Canada is #6 in the world for hosting cyber crime . And, this number continues to rise.
More malicious content is being hosted in Canada than ever before. How will the public and private sector protect Canada? And, will the Canadian government be able to take down major Internet crime networks - similar to when the US brought down Rustock and Coreflood?
Please let me know your availability for a pre-brief with Websense LABS during the week of May 2 to discuss why Canada is the new hot bed for organized cyber crime, how this impacts Canadians citizens and how the public and private sector can defend against this new cyber assault. Please note that the news is embargoed until Tuesday, May 10.
Best,
Hally
HALLY WAX
Public Relations WEBSENSE, INC.
ph: 206.353.0888
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