Web smut sites are SAFER than search engines, declares Cisco

[Heath]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/01...curity_report/

Cisco proclaimed that it is more dangerous to click on a web ad than a porn site these days as it unveiled the latest version of its security threat report.

The vendor also expanded its security offering, pulling in mobile management support for its ISE platform and announcing it had hoovered up Czech-based real-time security intelligence firm Cognitive Security.

Chris Young, senior veep for Cisco's Security and Government Group, said the nature of IT security threats were changing in the same way as the industry as a whole, meaning "the cloud" and "mobility" are trends for the cybercrime community too. This means that security managers should worry less about securing the perimeter and consider the "any-to-any" problem (any user, on any device, on any connection).

Cyber criminals and other miscreants were hitting their targets where they were most likely to gather, he said, and were increasingly launching "combinational" attacks.

This throws up some, arguably counterintuitive, conclusions. Malicious content is 27 times more likely to be encountered via search engines than counterfeit software, the vendor's 2012 Annual Security Report claims.

On the upside, perhaps, online adverts were 182 times more likely to deliver malware than a porno site, the survey said.

"We've been led to believe you have to go to an unsavoury place [to encounter malware]," he said. "That's not the case."

The report also said that mobile malware accounted for barely a half a per cent of malware encounters, though it also showed a whopping 2,577 per cent jump on Android-based malware last year.

[TheFootMan5]

Since when were/are porn sites ever "dangerous"?

[purecane]

The report also said that mobile malware accounted for barely a half a per cent of malware encounters, though it also showed a whopping 2,577 per cent jump on Android-based malware last year....... Thanx for playing android, we'll be seeing ya

[TisMe]

Link to get the actual Cisco report referenced in the article:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/vpnd...ty_report.html

[epitome]

Originally Posted by purecane73

The report also said that mobile malware accounted for barely a half a per cent of malware encounters, though it also showed a whopping 2,577 per cent jump on Android-based malware last year....... Thanx for playing android, we'll be seeing ya

There is a certain price to be paid being the OS with the most devices and supporting openness.

[AdultPornMasta]

Originally Posted by TheFootMan5

Since when were/are porn sites ever "dangerous"?

I remember opening a porn site back in about 1999, clicking on a link and the next thing I knew, I had around 800 IE screens all opening to other porn sites. Eventually had to reformat the box. Didn't know shit about internet security back then but learned quickly!

LOL!

[sandman!]

yey for safe porn sites