Spyware tripled
Date: June 15, 2006Source: techspot.com
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A report, entitled "Aladdin eSafe CSRT 2005 Malicious Code Report: The Big Threats Shift" found that the number of malicious threats rose from 1,083 in 2004 to 3,389 in 2005. This represents a massive increase of more than 213 percent. Trojans grew from 1,455 in 2004 to 3,521 in 2005, which is a 142 percent rise. Shimon Gruper, vice president of technologies for the Aladdin eSafe Business Unit believes that this represents a fundamental shift for many criminals away from traditional crimes and into computer crime.
"The swelling amount of spyware is a direct representation of the fast-growing network of organized criminals that empower themselves through computers rather than physical theft," said Gruper.
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