2004 to be year of the 'superworm'

[nellie2]

2004 will be characterised by a dramatic rise in malicious hacking, the birth of 'superworms', and the creation of sinister underground peer-to-peer (P2P) virus creation networks, a security company has predicted.

The pessimistic forecast from Clearswift is based on analysis of last year's SoBig project, which, according to the email security firm, marked the emergence of long-term malware projects involving multi-stage coordinated attacks using spam, worms, Trojans, spyware and proxies.

full story here

[andsome]

It's up to us all to take all precautions possible. Regarding P2P people they get all they deserve, they are warned often enough of the dangers.

[-pops-]

I'm not normally a contributor to conspiracy paranoia but I can't help thinking that at least some of the malware released is produced by the very companies that formulate the means to remove said nasty. :sneaky:

[andsome]

I'm not normally a contributor to conspiracy paranoia but I can't help thinking that at least some of the malware released is produced by the very companies that formulate the means to remove said nasty. :sneaky:

I understand your thinking, but it would only need ONE disgruntled employee to leave and that company would be out of business in a flash, as soon as the word got out.

[nellie2]

You may be right -pops- but there are plenty of free programs being developed and updated and a few people dotted about the internet who give their time freely to help people who have been snaffled by these nasties..... the battle has commenced... :)