‘The IMlogic Threat Center, the industry’s first global consortium to provide global threat detection and protection for instant messaging (IM), today announced that IM security threats increased by 3,266 percent in November versus November 2004. As the number of threats grow and the rate of mutations increase, the risks posed by these threats is increasingly linked to significant financial damage and intellectual property loss. Attackers are progressively using rootkit software to hide the process, files and registry keys for the software used in their attacks. As a result, infected end-users remain unaware of their infection and continue to serve as a point of exposure and propagation. ‘

Read more at IMlogic Threat Center Reports November Instant Messaging Attacks Increased 3,266 Percent over November 2004

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