[pchelpers] News:No news doesn't mean good news, virus experts say
- From: John Durham <john.modec@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: PC-Helpers <pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 09:17:02 +1200
JACK KAPICA
Globe and Mail Update
There's been little news about viruses over the past half year, but that
doesn't mean the criminals have been quiet, says a noted Internet
security company.
The new threats, says F-Secure's Data Security Wrap-up the first six
months of the year says the trend in malware is to continuously find new
ways to deliver payloads secretively, and behind the lines of defence.
Another trend, recognized earlier, has also picked up: fewer hobbyists
are writing viruses, and more are being written by criminal gangs with a
financial motive.
This year — coincidentally the 20th anniversary of Brain, considered to
be the first computer virus — saw the mobile malware count exceed 200.
That's not a high number considering the PC viruses, but it's a growing
trend nonetheless.
As mobile phones become more like computers and offer the ability to
make financial transactions, F-Secure says it's certain that the malware
community will follow suit with new horrors.
So far, damage from mobile malware has been limited.
A significant trend, the company says, is the increasing use of
"rootkits," essentially cloaking devices, which allow virus writers to
enter a computer surreptitiously and do their dirty work undetected.
More here:
http://c.feeddirect.com/click/here.pl?j569232818&w=2263163
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