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FYI…
- http://www.computerweekly.com/articles/art…lavourID=1&sp;=1
26 April 2005
"…"Although we saw a steady decline in the rate of viruses produced from 2000 to 2004, down to a 5% year over year growth, we've seen a 20% increase in malware-related threats between 2004 and 2005, and anticipate that these numbers will stay at the higher rate of growth for the immediate future," said Vincent Gullotto, vice-president of McAfee’s security lab Avert… Vulnerabilities discovered in the first quarter of this year totalled more than 1,000 - roughly 6% more than in the same quarter last year. McAfee said that although software developers were increasingly adept at recognising and fixing vulnerabilities, hackers and virus writers were focusing their efforts on reported vulnerabilities and capitalising on machines that had not been patched or updated. McAfee estimates that around 50% or more of the machines on the internet today are not properly patched to stop these exploits…"
- http://www.computerweekly.com/articles/art…lavourID=1&sp;=1
26 April 2005
"…"Although we saw a steady decline in the rate of viruses produced from 2000 to 2004, down to a 5% year over year growth, we've seen a 20% increase in malware-related threats between 2004 and 2005, and anticipate that these numbers will stay at the higher rate of growth for the immediate future," said Vincent Gullotto, vice-president of McAfee’s security lab Avert… Vulnerabilities discovered in the first quarter of this year totalled more than 1,000 - roughly 6% more than in the same quarter last year. McAfee said that although software developers were increasingly adept at recognising and fixing vulnerabilities, hackers and virus writers were focusing their efforts on reported vulnerabilities and capitalising on machines that had not been patched or updated. McAfee estimates that around 50% or more of the machines on the internet today are not properly patched to stop these exploits…"