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10-10-2005, 06:45 PM
Worms biting harder into IM, P2P
Last modified: October 3, 2005, 6:09 PM PDT
By Joris Evers (joris.evers@cnet.com?subject=FEEDBACK:Worms biting harder into IM, P2P)
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
Instant messaging and peer-to-peer fans are being hit with more worm and malicious code attacks than ever before, according to research reports. The number of threats detected for IM and peer-to-peer networks rose a whopping 3,295 percent in the third quarter of 2005, compared with last year, IMlogic said in a statement Monday. That brings the total year-to-date increase for 2005 over the previous year to 2,083 percent, the security software maker said.
And as the attacks increase in number, they also get smarter (http://sympatico-msn-ca.com.com/IM+worm+speaks+your+language/2100-7349_3-5842767.html?tag=nl), IMlogic said. Worm writers are coming up with more effective ways to get people to click on links to their malicious code, and worms can increasingly hop from one IM network to another, it noted.
http://sympatico-msn-ca.com.com/Worms+biting+harder+into+IM%2C+P2P/2100-7349_3-5888062.html?part=sympatico-msn-ca&tag=ca_home&subj=ns_5888062
Last modified: October 3, 2005, 6:09 PM PDT
By Joris Evers (joris.evers@cnet.com?subject=FEEDBACK:Worms biting harder into IM, P2P)
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
Instant messaging and peer-to-peer fans are being hit with more worm and malicious code attacks than ever before, according to research reports. The number of threats detected for IM and peer-to-peer networks rose a whopping 3,295 percent in the third quarter of 2005, compared with last year, IMlogic said in a statement Monday. That brings the total year-to-date increase for 2005 over the previous year to 2,083 percent, the security software maker said.
And as the attacks increase in number, they also get smarter (http://sympatico-msn-ca.com.com/IM+worm+speaks+your+language/2100-7349_3-5842767.html?tag=nl), IMlogic said. Worm writers are coming up with more effective ways to get people to click on links to their malicious code, and worms can increasingly hop from one IM network to another, it noted.
http://sympatico-msn-ca.com.com/Worms+biting+harder+into+IM%2C+P2P/2100-7349_3-5888062.html?part=sympatico-msn-ca&tag=ca_home&subj=ns_5888062