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Riskiest OS: Mac OS X. Most Dangerous Website: Google.

Not really as alarming as the post title suggests but a post from Trend Micro's blog highlights a few surprising and a few unsurprising dangers on the internet from 2010.

Trend Micro's blog: http://blog.trendmicro.com/
Original post: http://blog.trendmicro.com/2010s-most-dangerous-list/

In summary:

  • Riskiest hardware: German ID card readers
  • Riskiest website software: Wordpress
  • Most dangerous IP: Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
  • Riskiest OS: Apple’s Mac OS X
  • Most dangerous website: Google
  • Most dangerous social network: Facebook
  • Most dangerous top level domain: CO.CC
  • Riskiest file format: PDF

More details are given in the original post from Trend Micro.
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