‘Instant messaging (IM) security entity IMLogic released new figures on Tuesday detailing the onslaught on instant messengers by hackers and other with malicious intent. The nasty code floating through disables anti-virus software and logs end user keystrokes to steal identities.

IMLogic said IM security threats were up 1500% during the month of October 2005 from a year ago and more than 30% from September of 2005. They said as the number of threats grew, the payload carried by IM worms additionally evolved to become more malicious and destructive.’

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