Most attacks come from legit but hijacked sites (Macworld UK)

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The number of legitimate Web sites being hacked to host malware has hit startling highs in recent days, new figures from MessageLabs have revealed. Data taken from the days between May 4 and 8 showed that 84.6 per cent of Websites blocked by the company for hosting malicious content were 'well-established' domains that have been around for a year or more.

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