Did the author of this post even read the paper? The U.S. leads the world in Malicious Activity, this is very different from malware. Malicious Activity = phishing sites, attacks, command and control servers, bots, spam zombies and malicious code infections. The United States is the top country for the combination of all of these things. The paper does not state anywhere that the United States is the source of the most malware!
There is a name for viruses that use public key cryptography in malicious ways (such as extortion), there is even a book published about it. The authors have a webpage: http://www.cryptovirology.com/.
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Did the author of this post even read the paper? The U.S. leads the world in Malicious Activity, this is very different from malware. Malicious Activity = phishing sites, attacks, command and control servers, bots, spam zombies and malicious code infections. The United States is the top country for the combination of all of these things. The paper does not state anywhere that the United States is the source of the most malware!
Is that packaged with Vista Ultimate?
There is a name for viruses that use public key cryptography in malicious ways (such as extortion), there is even a book published about it. The authors have a webpage: http://www.cryptovirology.com/.