Cybercrime on increase in Japan

The perpetration of cybercrime in Japan grew by 15.5% last year and does not bode well for e-crime in western nations, according to Finjan, a UK based provider of web security solutions. The company expects that, with the current economic recession, the number of internet scams, hacks and malware-driven infections to increase even faster in 2009. The urgency of the situation was exemplified recently when the Japlog.jp website - rated 41 in Japan and 382 worldwide by Alexa, the international website traffic comparison site, was comprehensively hacked and ended up infecting visitors with malware. Within days of Japlog.jp being compromised, the even more popular Livedoor.jp website - was also compromised by cybercriminals.