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Thursday, July 11, 2002 Av 2, 5762
Israel Time: 09:44 (GMT+3)
Israeli hackers lead the world
By Yuval Dror
During the first half of 2002, Israel ranked first in the world in the number of hacker
attacks relative to its number of Web users, according to a study published by the
American security firm Riptech. The study found that for every 10,000 Israeli Web
surfers, there are an average of 33.1 hacker attacks generated against Internet sites
throughout the world.
Hong Kong came in second in the study, with 22.1 attacks per 10,000 Web users,
followed by France (19.9), Belgium (17.6) and Thailand (15.9).
Riptech, founded in 1998, provides real-time information protection. Its largest
customer is the U.S. Department of Defense. The company publishes a special
report twice a year in which it analyzes prominent online attacks during the previous
six months. Riptech published its Internet Security Threat Report covering January-
June 2002 on Monday. The report draws on information collected from a sample of
400 companies throughout the world. This data enabled Riptech to identify about
180,000 attacks on Internet servers.
The new report documents a 28 percent rise in the number of hacker attacks
compared to the same six-month period last year. An average company faced about
32 such attacks per week during the first half of 2002, compared to 25 attacks during
the first six months of 2001. About 99 percent of these attacks did not endanger the
organization's server.
According to the authors of the report, attacks are mounted against Web servers 24
hours a day, 7 days a week, but the hackers are less active (by 19 percent) on the
weekends. The favorite day for hackers turns out to be Wednesday, when 16.4
percent of all attacks are launched.
Private firms are the main targets of attack (68 percent), with public organizations
(21
percent) and government companies (4 percent) less prone to attack. Electric
companies were an especially popular target - 70 percent were hit during the past six
months, up from 57 percent during the first half of 2001.
Financial firms were also among the leading targets (46 percent were hit), followed
by non-profit organizations (32 percent) and high-tech firms (27 percent). Lowest on
the hit list were hospitals and health organizations (9 percent).
During the last two years, Eastern Europe has been seen as the leading source of
hacker attacks, but the report does not substantiate this reputation. According to
Riptech, 40 percent of online attacks originate in the United States, followed by
Germany (7.6 percent), South Korea (7.4 percent), China (6.9 percent) and France
(5.2 percent).
The study also notes that only 1 percent of the hacker attacks during the first half of
2002 were generated in the seven countries identified by the Pentagon as those
which support terror (Iran, Iraq, Cuba, Sudan, North Korea, Syria and Libya).
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