The number of malware code samples in the wild grew 30% to 410,000 in 2007, according to security researchers at IBM’s ISS division. The Storm Worm, in particular, accounted for 13% of the entire malware collection.
IBM released these findings and more in its security trends report for 2007, which summarizes the threat landscape based on IBM’s research on malware, software vulnerabilities, phishing and Web sites with questionable content.While software vulnerabilities decreased 5.4% last year to 6,437 disclosures by vendors, the most risky "high-impact" vulnerabilities that allow immediate remote or local access increased from 16.2% in 2006, the first such increase noted since 2004. Blended security threats on the rise, IBM says - Network World
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