As part of its regular monitoring and evaluation of more than 100 million unique registered domains, Cyveillance has revealed that more than 11 million sites, or over 16.5 percent of domains connected with a live Web site, pose a threat to visitors. In an effort to arm security professionals with the most up-to-date and accurate information about these risks, Cyveillance is expanding its intelligence-led security services with the launch of CyberIntel Source, a free advisory Web site providing data, reports and analysis on the latest online security threats and trends.

    The company has studied more than 100 million second-level domains in the past few days, verifying that over 66 million of those domains are currently active and of those approximately 11 million, more than 16.5 percent of all active Web site domains worldwide, posed a security risk to their visitors. These risks include malware, privacy (e.g. suspect privacy shield, sites with phishing history), content (e.g. child pornography), behavior (e.g. sites that change browser settings), and transaction (e.g. counterfeit products, fake trust marks). The data shows that the vast majority of threats, more than 84.5 percent, are delivered by sites with a .com, .net or .org address.

    The most up-to-date information and threat assessments from seasoned Cyveillance security experts, who are dedicated to identifying new online threats and zero day attacks can be found at the CyberIntel Source advisory Web site (http://cyberintel.cyveillance.com). The site’s intelligence is collected through Cyveillance’s automated Internet monitoring technology. Cyveillance Cyber Intelligence experts, such as Dr. Gudaitis, continually analyze the data and share their perspectives and opinions about the emerging online threat landscape.

    Panos Anastassiadis, CEO of Cyveillance, stated: “Today’s security battleground is currently shifting beyond the protection of IT infrastructure and evolving toward the protection of business assets. The challenge has changed from defending against attacks to knowing about threats before they cause damage. To this end, companies are demanding an intelligence-led approach to security that is enabled by solutions that identify risks early to speed prevention and mitigation.”

    The company found that the two leading online identity theft risks, phishing and malware, increased considerably in the first two months of 2007 in a new study issued by Cyveillance (“Online Financial Fraud and Identity Theft 2007”). The number of brands attacked grew by 50 percent, while malware attacks grew by an surprising 200 percent. Cyveillance has also retrieved stolen information from more than 3.2 million users, including more than 1 million Social Security numbers.

For more information visit www.cyveillance.com.