Richard Davies wrote: The UK has a good crop of technology pioneers in cloud computing - for example ElasticHosts, FlexiScale, Flexiant, OnApp - and also some strong government initiatives such as G-Cloud.
We will have to see whether this kind of technical leadership converts into swift mass-market adoption or not.
In many cases, the end of the year gives you time to step back and take stock of the last 12 months. This is when many of us take a hard look at what worked and what did not, complete performance reviews, and formulate plans for the coming year. For me, it is all of those things plus a time when I u...
South Korea, Russia, China, and Taiwan emerge as the primary hosters of global "phishing" scams, according to statistics from UK-based Netcraft. The company, which conducts Internet and Worldwide Web research and offers security services, has compiled a list of the "phishiest countries," identifying known phishing websites and comparing that number with the number of known websites hosted overall in each country.
South Korea is listed as having 877 phishing sites. Almost 10% of all known phishing sites in the world are located in South Korea, according to the Netcraft statistics. Othe countries among the leaders of this dubious list include China (521), Taiwan (336), and the Russian Federation (306). Other countries with more than 100 phishing sites, according to Netcraft, include: Hong Kong (150), Romania (149), and India (124).
On a percentage basis, Cameroon emerges as the "winner," albeit with only one phishing site among the only 55 total sites hosted in the country, giving it a phishing ratio of 1 in 55. Major phishing countries with leading ratios include Taiwan (1 in 241 of all hosted websites are phishing sites), Romania (1 in 292), Thailand (1 in 889), and India (1 in 905).
South Korea has only 1 phishing site per 1,132 total. So the numbers show that even when a country can state than 99.9% of its websites are legitimate that it can still have a problem of too many phishing websites. The Netcraft statistics list the top 50 "phishiest" countries. Neither the U.S. or Canada, nor any countries in Western Europe were on this list.
So-called "phishing" scams, in which unsolicited e-mails warn of a problem with an account at a bank or stored-value company such as PayPal, are one of the true banes of today's Worldwide Web. These scams are designed to extract personal information, including social security numbers and account information, with the presumed intent to resell that information or use it to loot funds from said accounts.
Phishing scams are often quite sophisticated, with well-written calls to action and links to URLs that appear valid. Given the incredibly low cost of sending out unsolicited messages on the Internet, these scams can prosper with response rates of less than .01 percent. And it is practically impossible to prosecute the perpetrators of these scams due to a lack of specific laws against many aspects of this activity and the worldwide, dispersed location of the servers from which they are hosted.
About Jeremy Geelan Jeremy Geelan is President & COO of Cloud Expo, Inc. and Conference Chair of the worldwide Cloud Expo series. He appears regularly at conferences and trade shows, speaking to technology audiences both in North America and overseas. He is executive producer and presenter of Cloud Expo's "Power Panels" on SYS-CON.TV.
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South Korea is World's Largest Phisher. South Korea is listed as having 877 phishing sites. Almost 10% of all known phishing sites in the world are located in South Korea, according to the Netcraft statistics. Othe countries among the leaders of this dubious list include China (521), Taiwan (336), and the Russian Federation (306). Other countries with more than 100 phishing sites, according to Netcraft, include: Hong Kong (150), Romania (149), and India (124).
On a percentage basis, Cameroon emerges as the "winner," albeit with only one phishing site among the only 55 total sites hosted in the country, giving it a phishing ratio of 1 in 55. Major phishing countries with leading ratios include Taiwan (1 in 241 of all hosted websites are phishing sites), Romania (1 in 292), Thailand (1 in 889), and India (1 in 905).
South Korea has only 1 phishing site per 1,132 total. So the numbers show that even when a country can state than 99.9% of its websites are legitimate that it can still have a problem of too many phishing websites. The Netcraft statistics list the top 50 "phishiest" countries. Neither the U.S. or Canada, nor any countries in Western Europe were on this list.
So-called "phishing" scams, in which unsolicited e-mails warn of a problem with an account at a bank or stored-value company such as PayPal, are one of the true banes of today's Worldwide Web. These scams are designed to extract personal information, including social security numbers and account information, with the presumed intent to resell that information or use it to loot funds from said accounts.
Phishing scams are often quite sophisticated, with well-written calls to action and links to URLs that appear valid. Given the incredibly low cost of sending out unsolicited messages on the Internet, these scams can prosper with response rates of less than .01 percent. And it is practically impossible to prosecute the perpetrators of these scams due to a lack of specific laws against many aspects of this activity and the worldwide, dispersed location of the servers from which they are hosted.
ISSJ News Desk wrote: South Korea is World's Largest Phisher. South Korea is listed as having 877 phishing sites. Almost 10% of all known phishing sites in the world are located in South Korea, according to the Netcraft statistics. Othe countries among the leaders of this dubious list include China (521), Taiwan (336), and the Russian Federation (306). Other countries with more than 100 phishing sites, according to Netcraft, include: Hong Kong (150), Romania (149), and India (124).
On a percentage basis, Cameroon emerges as the "winner," albeit with only one phishing site among the only 55 total sites hosted in the country, giving it a phishing ratio of 1 in 55. Major phishing countries with leading ratios include Taiwan (1 in 241 of all hosted websites are phishing sites), Romania (1 in 292), Thailand (1 in 889), and India (1 in 905).
South Korea has only 1 phishing site per 1,132 total. So the number...
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South Korea is listed as having 877 phishing sites. Almost 10% of all known phishing sites in the world are located in South Korea, according to the Netcraft statistics. Othe countries among the leaders of this dubious list include China (521), Taiwan (336), and the Russian Federation (306). Other countries with more than 100 phishing sites, according to Netcraft, include: Hong Kong (150), Romania (149), and India (124). 
In a surprise move on Tuesday, January 10, Oracle wheeled out its Big Data Appliance.
That’s the one it said in October would be ready sometime in the first half. Only nobody believed it meant early in the first half. Heck, it’s not even clear anybody thought Oracle could make the fi...
A Munich court Thursday found Motorola Mobility guilty of infringing an Apple patent and handed Apple a permanent injunction against two Android smartphones.
Apple can enforce the injunction after posting a bond lest MMI succeed in invalidating the slide-to-unlock patent (EP1964022) ...
Quick Response (QR) codes are intended to help direct users quickly and easily to information about products and services, but they are also starting to be used for social engineering exploits. This article looks at the emergence of QR scan scams and the rising concern for users today....
The Chinese company that claims it owns the iPad trademark says it plans to seek a ban on iPad exports out of China, threatening global supplies.
According to what a lawyer for Proview Technology (Shenzhen) Co Ltd told Reuters, the firm is petitioning Chinese customs to stop shipment...
Cisco Wednesday filed suit in the European Union’s second-highest court, the General Court in Luxembourg, challenging the European Commission’s rubber stamp last October of Microsoft’s $8.5 billion acquisition of Skype.
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