China leads the pack in malware attacks
Posted by: Timothy Weaver on 04/02/2015 11:21 AM
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Akamai, the content delivery and security firm, reports in their State of the Internet report for Q4 2014, that 41% of the world’s malicious traffic came from China.
The U.S. in comparison accounted for 13% (down from 17%). Taiwan came in third with 4.4% (up from 3.8%) and then Russia, which had 3.2% (up from 2.1%).
Asia Pacific logged in at 59%, while all of Europe accounted for 19%. North America was tagged at 15%.
Akamai admits in the report that China’s position as the number one attack source does not necessarily mean it is the most dangerous and aggressive nation on the map for cyber.
The firm said: “Note that the originating country as identified by the source IP address is not attribution – for example, a criminal in Russia may be launching attacks from compromised systems in China.”
China still cries wolf and says that they are the main victim of cyber attacks, not a perpetrator of cyber-attacks.
Source: Infosecurity
The U.S. in comparison accounted for 13% (down from 17%). Taiwan came in third with 4.4% (up from 3.8%) and then Russia, which had 3.2% (up from 2.1%). Asia Pacific logged in at 59%, while all of Europe accounted for 19%. North America was tagged at 15%.
Akamai admits in the report that China’s position as the number one attack source does not necessarily mean it is the most dangerous and aggressive nation on the map for cyber.
The firm said: “Note that the originating country as identified by the source IP address is not attribution – for example, a criminal in Russia may be launching attacks from compromised systems in China.”
China still cries wolf and says that they are the main victim of cyber attacks, not a perpetrator of cyber-attacks.
Source: Infosecurity
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