Security experts are warning that malware attacks will pose more of a major threat over the next three years than direct hacker attacks. The British mi2g Intelligence Unit claimed this week that the malware risk has risen from 1 in 40 last year to about 3 in 10 for 2004. This reflects a jump from 2.5 percent to 30 percent risk. May was the fifth worst month on record in terms of malware proliferation and is estimated to have caused between $16.2 billion and $19.8 billion of economic damage worldwide.
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Experts See Sharp Rise in Malware Attack Probability
Posted by: Jack M. Germain June 4, 2004 08:50 AMSecurity experts are warning that malware attacks will pose more of a major threat over the next three years than direct hacker attacks. The British mi2g Intelligence Unit claimed this week that the malware risk has risen from 1 in 40 last year to about 3 in 10 for 2004. This reflects a jump from 2.5 percent to 30 percent risk. May was the fifth worst month on record in terms of malware proliferation and is estimated to have caused between $16.2 billion and $19.8 billion of economic damage worldwide.