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Emerging Cyber Threats For 2009
Mike Sachoff
Staff Writer
2008-10-16
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The Georgia Tech Information Security Center (GTISC) has released the GTISC Emerging Cyber Threats Report for 2009, outlining the top five areas of security concern and risk for consumer and business Internet users in the coming year.
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The GTISC report expects malware under the guise of benign social networking links to increase and evolve.
The spread of botnet attacks to wireless and peer-top-peer networks is projected to increase along with cyber warfare that will target the U.S. economy and infrastructure.
The report also forecasts threats to VoIP in the form of voice fraud and cellular botnets, and the increase of sophisticated malware-for-sale kits and programs.
According to the report, data will continue to be the main motive behind future cyber crime targeting traditional fixed computing environments or mobile applications
Security experts across the industry are calling for closer coordination between the security industry, Internet service providers, application developers and government regulators to protect the user community and block the spread of sophisticated cyber security threats.
At GTISC, we strongly believe that a proactive approach to understanding emerging threats will help us develop more effective information security technologies and strategies," said Mustaque Ahamad, director of GTISC.
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