Spammers Create 57,000 New Websites Per week [Spam]

They’re an unscrupulous bunch, but you’ll’t say spammers aren’t efficient. Just imagine the time spent registering those domain names!

Those 57,000 websites being registered a week were uncovered by-surprise, surprise-an anti-virus company, PandaLabs, whose best interest is reminding you of the continued threat of such evils.

It’s mostly eBay and Western Union whose identities are stolen (comprising 23.21 per cent and 21.15 per cent of essentially the most targeted brands list), with other companies inclusive of Amazon, PayPal and Visa obviously ranking high on the list of brands too.

Here’s PandaLabs’ break-down of the high-profile brands most associated with spam sites:

Wot, no fake Gizmodos tricking people into delivering their credit card info? [ SecurityWeek via FastCompany ]

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