Canada, new hub for cybercrime?

A new report from Websense shows that due to the increased scrutiny of IP addresses and hostnames from China and Eastern Europe, cybercriminals are increasingly relocating to Canada. Apparently there's been a 319% increase in phishing sites in Canada in the last 12 months and a 53% increase in bot networks. Canada also jumped from number 13 to number 6 from 2010 to 2011 in rank of countries that host cybercrime.

This latest report just continues to show the importance of applying security across the board on all web requests regardless of where the request is headed and regardless of the reputation of the site being visited.

All sites should be rated, and any objects coming from those sites should be scanned for malware. Anti-malware and anti-virus software on gateway is mandatory in today's malware infested web.