AN Abney Associates News Flash
Phishing sites, which masquerade as genuine websites to steal users’ personal information, are on the rise

in Hong Kong, Microsoft warned on Thursday.
Some 6.23 phishing sites were found per 1,000 hosts in the fourth quarter last year, up from 6.01 in the

third quarter, according to Microsoft’s latest Security Intelligence Report.
However, the number of malware infections remained low in the same period. Every 1,000 computers had

2.2 malware infections on averag