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One Million Web Sites Infected At End of 2010

The Dasient Q4 Malware Update reported that more than one million Web sites were infected in the last quarter of 2010. That period saw a 25% growth in malicious advertisements from the previous quarter, as attackers found ways to sneak malicious code into widely used syndicated online ad networks. Security experts see a trend that security experts see accelerating in 2011, as malicious advertisements crop up on high profile sites, such as Autotrader.co.uk, cinema site Myvue.com and londonstockexchange.com.

Source: https://threatpost.com/one-million-web-sites-infected-end-2010-030711/75004/

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