Emerging markets such as the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) economies are at higher risk of being exposed to cyberthreats, according to a new report from security vendor MessageLabs.

Released Wednesday, the MessageLabs Intelligence: 2008 Annual Security Report noted that Brazil had the world’s biggest share of global bots, at nearly 10 percent. Turkey and China were ranked No. 2 and No. 3, with respective shares of about 9 percent, and over 7 percent. Russia and India were also among the top five.

Turkey, however, emerged as most at-risk of exposure to cyberthreats, according to the report. It had a score of 4.9 on an index indicating the global risk exposure, which also takes into account the Internet population of individual countries. Russia had a score of 3.1, Brazil 2.8 and India 1.5. With its large Internet population, China’s index score was a mere 0.4, comparable with that of the United States. [ZDNet]

(Via Dark Visitor)