Asian internet neighborhoods dominated McAfee’s list of the “most dangerous” on the web with HongKong’s “.hk” and China’s “.cn” domains, and the Philippines’ “.ph” topping the list.
In its second annual McAfee “Mapping the Mal Web” report, the security technology firm McAfee found that 19.2% of all Web sites ending in the “.hk” domain pose a security threat1 to Web users. China (.cn) is second this year with over 11%.
Romania (.ro) and Russia (.ru) are still in the top five most dangerous domains.
The report also noted that the Philippines (.ph) experienced a 270% increase in overall riskiness, from being ranked 19 last year to No. 4 this year.
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