saravade (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} saravade) wrote,@ 2007-07-25 19:22:00 |
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Top Countries for Cyber Crime
Recently, I was queried by Andy Greenberg of Forbes about a Sophos report on countries of origin for malware. As seen from the default language of the malware program, UK English (which would account for UK and India) figured very low on the list. The Forbes article (The Top Countries For Cybercrime) can be found here. Given the low reporting of cyber crime and the borderless Internet, this is an interesting approach to locate hotspots of criminal activity.
Moinak Mitra of Economic Times did a follow up story (Indian geeks rated good citizens in cyber city), after he spoke to me on the India-specific points.
Recently, I was queried by Andy Greenberg of Forbes about a Sophos report on countries of origin for malware. As seen from the default language of the malware program, UK English (which would account for UK and India) figured very low on the list. The Forbes article (The Top Countries For Cybercrime) can be found here. Given the low reporting of cyber crime and the borderless Internet, this is an interesting approach to locate hotspots of criminal activity.
Moinak Mitra of Economic Times did a follow up story (Indian geeks rated good citizens in cyber city), after he spoke to me on the India-specific points.
