The rapid evolution of “Web 2.0” has sparked the convergence of social networking on a massive scale and the adoption of new combinations of technologies that significantly increase the so-called ‘attack-surface’. This combination offers irresistible opportunities to organised crime.
In recent years, malware attacks have been targeted and mass worms have been quiet. The days of blockbuster headlines about mass infections such as Slammer are long gone. Or are they? Are we about to face the next Super Worm? The threat of the Ajax Super-Worm - Security Park news
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