Thursday, December 06, 2007

IM threats are still very real - what are your options for protection?

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IM threats are still very real - what are your options for protection?

Michael Osterman By Michael Osterman
Last week, Akonix issued an instant messaging threat report that showed that the company tracked nine new malicious code attacks directed against IM systems during November, in addition to 12 new attacks on peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing networks. While this number is lower than the monthly average for 2007, the threats reveal greater criminal intent on the part of their authors. Similarly, FaceTime announced that in the third quarter of 2007, the company detected 279 IM and P2P threats, down slightly from the second quarter's total of 317 incidents. Read full story

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