Mapping the Mal Web: McAfee's 3rd Annual Report

We have just released “Mapping the Mal Web,” our third report revealing the riskiest and safest web domains to surf and search.

For the first time combining data from McAfee’s SiteAdvisor and TrustedSource, the report is even more comprehensive than last year’s, naming Cameroon (.cm) as the riskiest place to surf with a whopping 36.7 percent of the domains posing a security risk.

For those domains for which we had 2,000 or more download tests, we measured the percentage of those tests that were risky. Romania (.ro, 21.0 percent), China (.cn, 18.6 percent), and the generic .info (15.2 percent) were found to be most risky, leading by the fourth place finisher, .biz, by a wide margin (6.8 percent).

This report also shows how much the Registrars can achieve when they try. Last year Hong Kong (.hk) was the most risky domain to surf. After taking appropiate actions, their efforts paid off: With just 1.1 percent this year, they have dropped to 34th place. Congratulations to everyone involved!!

That’s enough numbers for now. Get the full report here or find a summary over here.

The report is available in several other languages from the McAfee home page, and to help you avoid risky sites I strongly recommend our free SiteAdvisor.