Innocent Web Sites Targeted By Aggressive Malware Attacks…

Innocent web sites are a being targeted by cybercriminals who are subjecting them to aggressive malware attacks. An estimated 10 million plus web pages are infected every year and as many as 80% of infected web sites hosting malicious software are legitimate. According to Dasient, a web security business founded by ex-Google engineers, the threat to legitimate web sites of a malware attack has risen as more people create their own web sites and blogs without proper built-in security protocols. In addition, Dasient points to the complexity of today's web with richer functionality, third party widgets, video and new sources of content (such as user generated content) as a contributor to the increased vulnerability and attack surface of web pages.