Geek Maps - Where Do Phishing Websites Come From?

Week in Geek: Google Finds 9,500 New Malicious Websites Per Day - How-To Geek. Google finds 9,500 new malicious websites a day. That stat alone is amazing; but, more amazing is that most of the phishing websites are hosted in the good old U.S.A. The next great frontier for the scammers will be the mobile arena, and you need to ignore the spam ads that have names like New Great Security Suite, and that try to get you to download them. Google is proactive in finding and eliminating these threats; but, it can't find them all. You need to be proactive about your security. Be careful out there. Read the posts linked in this How-To Geek article to educate yourself about the risks, and how to protect your computers and mobile devices from the bad guys.