Cybercrime: one in 10 computers vulnerable to attack

Date: July 26, 2010
Source: Telegraph.co.uk
By: Matt Warman

Cybercriminals are increasingly focussing on money, a new report suggests, and improved organisation means that “toolkits” have been developed to methodically infect PCs so that illegally obtained information can be bought and sold.

In a survey by security firm AVG, 165 internet domains were found to have attacked 12 million visitors over the course of two months. More than 1.2 million computers were subsequently infected.

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