Dec 18,2009

Hackers moving to filesharing networks

Cybercriminals are likely to change their types of attacks they launch, IT outsourcing users have been warned. In its 2010 cyberthreat forecast, Kaspersky Lab said that hackers will move away from using websites and applications to launch attacks to infiltrating systems through filesharing networks. The group pointed out that a number of these attacks have been identified in 2009, but next year will see the techniques becoming increasingly mainstream. Alex Gostev, director of Kaspersky Lab's global research and analysis team, added: "Malware will become much more sophisticated in 2010 and many antivirus programs will be slow to treat infected computers due to ...

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