APWG Report: Crimeware and Crimeware-Spreading Website Numbers Soar in Q1

Stats Show Redoubled Effort by Criminal Enterprises to Infect PCs with Crimeware

LOS ALTOS, Calif. & CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-- (myIDlab)--The APWG announced today that its first quarter survey reveals a near doubling of the number of crimeware-spreading URLs at the end of the period, up from the previous record of 3500 detected crimeware-spreading website addresses.

The APWG reported that 6500 crimeware-spreading URLs established to infect PCs with password-stealing programs were detected in March, up 93 percent from 3362 in January