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Mapping the Mal Web by McAfee.
Mapping the Mal Web
Exploits A casual Web surfer is more than five times as likely to encounter an exploit site while browsing a .nu or .ru site than he is while surfing the .com TLD. In fact, the tiny island of Niue and the massive Russia vie for the domain most frequently used to launch an exploit or drive-by-download type attack. While rare - just 0.45% and 0.43% of sites tested, respectively - exploits are arguably one of the most dangerous kinds of threats which Internet users face today because successful exploits can lead to permanent computer failure and identity theft.