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25 million new malware strains in one year
The outstanding trend of the last 12 months has been the prolific
production of new malware: 25 million new strains were
created in just one year, compared to a combined total of 15
million throughout the last 20 years. This latest surge of activity
included countless new examples of banker Trojans as
well as a host of rogueware.
As regards malware distribution channels, social networks
(mainly Facebook, Twitter, YouTube or Digg), and SEO attacks
(directing users to malware-laden websites) have been
favored by cyber-criminals, who have been consolidating underground business models to increase
revenues. (www.net-security.org/malware_news.php?id=1185)
Cybersecurity expert: Job guaranteed
With the proliferation of computer threats computer security has become one
whose experts are in great demand and has gained quite an aura of "coolness".
According to the New York Times, the demand for experts is great, but luckily,
some schools and universities are ready to train good candidates for the job:
the N.Y.U. Polytechnic, Carnegie Mellon, Purdue and George Mason are just
some of the universities offering a master's degree in cybersecurity. Georgia Tech is planning to
start an online degree in information security later this year.
(www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=8677).
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