US Responsible For the Majority of Cyber Attacks

Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday September 23, 2008 @05:32AM from the we're-number-one-we're-number-one dept.

Amber G5 writes "SecureWorks published the locations of the computers from which the greatest number of cyber attacks were attempted against its clients in 2008. The United States topped the list with 20.6 million attempted attacks originating from computers within the country, and China ran second with 7.7 million attempted attacks emanating from computers within its borders. This was followed by Brazil with over 166,987 attempted attacks, South Korea with 162,289, Poland with 153,205, Japan with 142,346, Russia with 130,572, Taiwan with 124,997, Germany with 110,493, and Canada with 107,483."

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Riiiiiight by $RANDOMLUSER · 2008-09-23 05:35 · Score: 5, Insightful

So

port scan == attempted attack

Sounds plausible.

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redirection by Anonymous Coward · 2008-09-23 05:35 · Score: 5, Insightful

Of course, hackers always use their home ip, and never bounce off of compromised clients in other countries.
Re:Within the U.S. by Otter · 2008-09-23 05:48 · Score: 5, Insightful

Also, these numbers are limited to attacks against the clients of a US-based firm, and are probably skewed accordingly.

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