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In 2009 there has been a massive rise in the number of malicious software attacks. some companies have estimated that this year alone they -- as many attacks as they have in the previous five years together. Johnny Karam, Regional Director for Mena at Symantec, why has -- -- such massive rise this year. Well we've seen. According -- statistics that. -- decrees -- -- has been happening Tarzan me just give an example semantic alone. Weekly to. For -- -- signatures. One point six million of them in 2000 needs. That is approximately. Combines -- -- signatures that created the past seventeen years and there are several reasons for that that. The reasons are moving to shift in what their carcass after today you are motivated by financial gain. And when they are motivated by financial it of course you'll be put all the efforts of full time job and this is why was he that increases in the battle for tax. And this year also taking advantage of the economic crisis so we're seeing a lot of attacks that -- particularly targeting the vulnerable. How how what -- seeing here at absolute -- if you look in the -- history whenever there is an economic crisis -- crime rate increase that's an old statistic and this -- regardless of fighting a -- -- That applies to light years well because today that factors are becoming smarter because they are motivated by financial -- They're waves are now different -- they will take advantage of an economic crisis and they will say -- why does it today that is happening is fanatical -- people are looking for more jobs will -- that's -- -- sites. Promising people -- prompting people possibility of working from home and bring them towards an what's the purpose of the parents friends and -- when the need is to secure identity. Often you as a person. These -- your credit required if you what if they are able to convince you to speed and -- to get through the job -- there was information are very valuable for why present. Because there's an underground economy where the cancer your identity. For a as cheap as the dollar or even less they can you please send your credit by the information and -- it happened and what we -- the underground economy spare its flourishing and stop affected by the economic crisis. And again -- set the -- in sophistication. Of these tax increases were offset. How how is that happening. Kate. Again you know we cannot look at -- -- word of the contract -- separately from the -- -- every year we see. We see you at the science. Finding new ways of the facts we -- mathematicians. Finding new ways of Olympics since things for the laws. Perhaps that's because a young did your computer scientists they are ingenious and -- are motivated to get financial gay. -- we see them always it's it's a race we got them -- away be trying to develop different -- one of the things -- -- -- that. Instead of what do you should do is create a small number of court and distributed to millions and millions of people right now the understand that the need to target that -- weeks he was -- be very specific. -- To address a small -- off the scene brought far to a -- of C. Small number of parts to a wider audience we've seen a lot of -- past smaller audience and the sweet. Week kids it's harder for companies to block them talk. This is what received from them there another way of -- it is the use of those social networks this is one of the -- -- -- -- -- -- tool. Gather information about him to -- things to which should words clicking on that evening -- again stealing your information and then trying to lure you into. Web sites that -- automatically. Donald. Pernicious hold onto your machine and then your mission is all owned by the whether they want -- several reasons they get one to steal your information to the good then you lose your machine. As the base for them to start another attack and 5200. Of thousands -- millions of machines on that automated system then imagine one attacker. Having millions of machines on the -- a positive machines. And he assumes there was machines with one comment to a park one site saw one person who -- -- -- the -- thousands of machines were about one title you know offer -- service. Yeah we -- and we recently -- example of this with -- Mayweather was distributed denial of service attack believed actually be against just one person. Again it is something -- -- will see a lot more often now as its criminals actually identifying who it is. They want to -- absolutely absolutely because right now at a coming -- for August major -- that -- happen everybody Austin happened but we are seeing more war. That backers. Of the hacker community. Having before August porch because it is beyond what of his patent we've seen also ended millions -- -- it's what did it. Paramount can be -- thing or not but you see a high profile people of the political will be -- at a park like the case that adjustment thanks joining. So clearly there's a need for companies to ensure they have multiple levels of security to protect themselves from the increasing number of attacks that they face.
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Symantec: Key trends in software security threats
Software security companies say that this year they have seen a huge rise in malicious attacks. Johnny Karam, Regional Director Mena, Symantec, outlines to Rob Jones the types of threats that are on the rise, how cybercriminals are taking advantage of the economic downturn and the importance of multiple layers of security to protect a business.
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Rob Jones, Editorial DirectorTuesday, September 01 - 2009 at 14:30 UAE local time (GMT+4)
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