Malicious code that installs files such as Trojans, password stealers, keyboard loggers and other malware on users’ systems registered a fivefold increase in the first half of 2007, according to research released by Microsoft at the RSA Security conference in London.
And in the same period, 31.6 million phishing scams were detected, an increase of 150 percent over the previous six months.
The survey, sponsored by Microsoft and conducted by the Ponemon Institute, interviewed more than 3,600 security, privacy and marketing executives across a variety of industries, such as financial services, healthcare, technology and government, in the U.S., U.K. and Germany.
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