赛门铁克将印度纳入"红色警戒"内

    据《印度斯坦时报》2日报道，诺顿杀毒软件的提供者、互联网安全技术厂商赛门铁克公司近期公布的一份报告显示，印度产生的邮件中超过七成是垃圾邮件；随着网络的普及，印度有可能成为全球最大的垃圾邮件发源地之一。

　　赛门铁克公司在新一期互联网安全威胁报告中说，在 印度产生的邮件中有76%是垃圾邮件，而全球平均是56%。美国遭受的网络攻击中有68%是来自印度。

　　报告显示，虽然在全球排名前25的垃圾邮件产生国中，印度的垃圾邮件只占总量的1%，但随着印度宽带网络的发展，其对互联网安全产生的威胁也在不断增加。

　　报告还注意到，在各国的网络“钓鱼”站点数量排名中，印度列第14位，大量人为制造的病毒、“钓鱼”信息和恶意软件代码把网络弄得乌烟瘴气。

原文：
Symantec Puts India on 'Red Alert'  
Red Alert! The Indian ecosystem is found to be under threat from viruses, malicious codes, bots, command-control servers, spammers, phishers, the works. Symantec says so in its latest Internet Security Threat Report.

As part of the report, Symantec researchers have discovered that India is a hub for no less than over 40 command-control servers.

And Mumbai has the highest number of bot-infected computers, accounting for 38 percent of the total; followed by New Delhi with 25 percent; Bangalore with 15 percent; and Chennai with 10 percent.

Prabhat Kumar Singh, Director of Security Response, Symnantec, says they have detected a per day average of 277 active bot-infected computers functioning in the country. Meanwhile in the Asia-Pacific region, 19,095 active bot-infected computers are found to be operational every day.

Further, in terms of hosting phishing Web sites, India ranks 14th, with Mumbai accounting for 30 percent of total such Web sites; followed closely by Delhi with 29 percent; and Bangalore and Chennai each 12 percent.

Again, India stands at number 18 among spam producing countries, accounting for 1 percent of all the spam that originates globally.

Singh elaborates that close to 76 percent of messages originating in India are considered spam, and that this happens to be higher than the worldwide average of 59 percent.

Interestingly, the survey reveals that 84 percent of the attacks on India originate in the US, while 68 percent of the attacks on USA originate in India.

The study has also found the rise of a new kind of malicious code named 'Bancos' in the second half of last year. 'Bancos' steals online banking usernames and passwords. And Symantec is of the view that this is one area that will dominate the Indian threat scenario in the months to come.