[pchelpers] Article:Have We Reached The End Of The Virus?

September 17, 2007

By Andy Patrizio 


Symantec today released its 12th bi-annual Internet Security Threat
Report covering malicious activity over the first six months of the
year, which confirms some trends that have been emerging and notes some
new ones, as well.

The report covers activity from Jan. 1 to June 30 of this year, covering
data gathered by Symantec's Global Intelligence Network. This consists
of more than 40,000 sensors monitoring network activity in over 180
countries and sample code gathered by more than 120 million client,
server, and gateway systems that have deployed Symantec’s antivirus
products. 

Also, Symantec runs what it calls the Probe Network, a system of over 2
million decoy accounts to attract e-mail messages from 20 different
countries around the world, which allows Symantec to measure global spam
and phishing activity. 

What it found isn't pretty. Malicious activity is less computer
vandalism and much more in the realm of criminality. Gone are the days
when some punk's virus stomped on your FAT table and wrecked the hard
drive. Symantec, along with many other antivirus vendors, thinks viruses
as we know them are in decline, replaced with crimeware.

More here:
http://www.internetnews.com/security/article.php/3700006
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