In going through my archived material, I came across a report from Kapersky Labs, that I think readers need to reference. Published every six months, "Kaspersky Security Bulletin", released late September documented the malware evolution from Jan-June 2006.
The document highlights:
* the growing number of Trojans
* the decline in the number of viruses (the report says this is due to the cost of devloping a new trojan versus the cost of developing a new worm)
* a slight drop in the overall number of malware programs from the previous six months
* a steady rise in the number of criminal extortions
* a rise in the number of targeted attacks
This data agrees wtih other expert opinion mentioned throughout this blog.
Enterprise needs multiple levels of defense, including different levels of authentication, in order to adequately defend the enterprise against very costly attacks.
Guy
www.authenticationworld.com
guy.huntington@authenticationworld.com
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