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Security Attacks Increasingly Motivated By Greed

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the money-money-money-monaaaay dept.

earthstar writes "E-commerce has emerged as the "single most targeted industry" according to the latest Internet Security Threat Report from security software provider Symantec, with hackers now appearing to be motivated by economic gain rather than notoriety. "We're seeing an increase in profit-motivated attacks," says Vincent Weafer, senior director of Symantec's virus research team. Also in Information week"

5 of 145 comments (clear)

  1. Frosty! by Flabby+Boohoo · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I could just pee myself.

  2. Old Joke, but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    1. Build an army of zombies!
    2. ???
    3. Profit!

    Er, maybe not so funny after all...
  3. More accurate by Mr2cents · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    1. Outsource all IT jobs.
    2. ???
    3. An army of angry, unemployed zombie hackers!

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    "It's too bad that stupidity isn't painful." - Anton LaVey
    1. Re:More accurate by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Bravo! Mod Up! You sed it, bro!

  4. Good, SPAM me please, training thunderbird by joostje · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Donovan predicts that phishing and spam will increase by the next report,

    Good, I'm training thunderbird's SPAM-filter, I'm eagerly awaiting every new SPAM I can get my hands on.