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Big Blue Vision Into 2006 Cybercrime
John Stith
Staff Writer
2006-01-24
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IBM released their thoughts on cybercrime for the coming year and those thoughts aren't terribly nice. They predict cybercrime is going to get much worse and the worst part is they feel average computer users without their own knowledge will commit most cybercrimes.
IBM listed their top four predictions for 2006:
Botnets will continue to represent one of the biggest threats to the Internet. Newer botnets will use different methods for command and control, such as peer to peer and instant messaging. Following the high-profile arrest last year of Dutch botnet operators that controlled 1.5 million bots, criminals will migrate to smaller cells to hide botnet actions and commanders more effectively.
Massive, globally pervasive worm outbreaks will continue to decrease in frequency, as smaller, stealthier and more targeted attacks replace them. Organizations will increasingly find themselves extorted by attackers threatening denial-of-service attacks against Web servers, holding data hostage by encrypting malware and other threats.
The increased use of collaboration tools, such as blogging, will lead to the leakage of confidential business data.
As software vendors devote more resources to addressing software vulnerabilities, computer users will continue to be the most vulnerable point of attack. Miscreants will focus more effort on convincing users to execute the attack on their behalf.
Perhaps the biggest part of the report was the incredible proliferation of cybercrime from 2004 to 2005. 2005 saw massive increases in phishing scams and target email attacks. Also mentioned was the newer trend of targeted phishing scams called spear phishing.
Lots of new and irritating attacks will happen in 2006 just as they did in 2005. With a new virus scheduled to dump it's load in just a few days, the new year is getting underway nicely. With millions of people compromised from identity fraud and all the email and phishing scams in the wings, 2006 should promise to be a busy year.
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John is a staff writer for SecurityProNews covering cyber security.
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