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- http://www.techweb.com/wire/security/184430170
April 10, 2006
"Attacks launched over instant messaging and file sharing networks are up dramatically over last year, a security firm said Monday, and exploits are becoming ever more sophisticated. In the first quarter of 2006, malicious software attacks across instant messaging (IM), chat, and peer-to-peer (P2P) were up more than 700 percent over the same quarter last year, Foster City, Calif. FaceTime Communications* said. Although the growth in threats targeting public IM networks such as Yahoo, MSN, and AOL stabilized in Q1 compared to the fourth quarter of 2005, the complexity of the attacks has increased, FaceTime noted… "The number of threats across multiple P2P and IM channels demonstrates the need for a comprehensive approach to managing threats," argued Tyler Wells, the research director at FaceTime, in a statement…"
* http://www.facetime.com/securitylabs/impactreport_06q1.aspx
- http://www.networkingpipeline.com/showArti…cleID=184430180
April 10, 2006
"…According to a study released by comScore Networks… 37 percent of the North American online population used IM in February, compared to 64 percent in Latin America, and 49 percent in Europe. The most popular IM client worldwide is MSN Messenger, according to the study, with 61 percent of worldwide IM users accessing the application in February, the study found. MSN Messenger is particularly dominant in Latin America, reaching more than 90 percent of IM users, and is also popular in Europe and Asia Pacific, with 70 percent of IM users respectively…"
- http://www.techweb.com/wire/security/184430170
April 10, 2006
"Attacks launched over instant messaging and file sharing networks are up dramatically over last year, a security firm said Monday, and exploits are becoming ever more sophisticated. In the first quarter of 2006, malicious software attacks across instant messaging (IM), chat, and peer-to-peer (P2P) were up more than 700 percent over the same quarter last year, Foster City, Calif. FaceTime Communications* said. Although the growth in threats targeting public IM networks such as Yahoo, MSN, and AOL stabilized in Q1 compared to the fourth quarter of 2005, the complexity of the attacks has increased, FaceTime noted… "The number of threats across multiple P2P and IM channels demonstrates the need for a comprehensive approach to managing threats," argued Tyler Wells, the research director at FaceTime, in a statement…"
* http://www.facetime.com/securitylabs/impactreport_06q1.aspx
- http://www.networkingpipeline.com/showArti…cleID=184430180
April 10, 2006
"…According to a study released by comScore Networks… 37 percent of the North American online population used IM in February, compared to 64 percent in Latin America, and 49 percent in Europe. The most popular IM client worldwide is MSN Messenger, according to the study, with 61 percent of worldwide IM users accessing the application in February, the study found. MSN Messenger is particularly dominant in Latin America, reaching more than 90 percent of IM users, and is also popular in Europe and Asia Pacific, with 70 percent of IM users respectively…"