Top 35 US Cities with Highest Malware Infection Rates Include Major Tech Hubs

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Corollary to "never buy a mechanic's car".

SlashDot:

> A new report from Enigma Software Group identifies the American cities
> with abnormally high infection rates for malware. An anonymous reader
> quotes TechRepublic: In 2016, Tampa, Orlando, and St. Louis each had
> malware infection rates per capita more than five times the national
> average -- the highest in the U.S., the report found. Those same three
> cities were also at the top of the list of highest infection rates in
> 2015... ESG compiled malware detection data from its SpyHunter
> anti-spyware software in the 100 largest cities in the US in all of
> 2016. Two Ohio cities also made it into the top ten for malware
> infection rates -- Cleveland and Cincinnati -- as well as Washington
> D.C. (with an infection rate 242% higher than the national average).
> But the infection rates drop noticeably after the top 10, with Miami
> (at #14) the last city with an infection rate more than double the
> national average. Interestingly, the top 35 cities include major
> high-tech centers like Seattle, Austin, Boston, and San Jose.


Source:
http://www.techrepublic.com/article/these-10-cities-have-the-worst-malware-infection-rates-in-the-us/

https://it.slashdot.org/story/17/02/05/0623200/which-us-cities-have-the-worst-malware-infection-rates

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