Be careful with your instant messaging application.
The IMlogic Threat Center (an global consortium that provides global threat detection for instant messaging) last week said that IM security threats increased by 3,266 percent in November 2005 as compared to November 2004. The group said attackers are increasingly using rootkit software to hide the process, files and registry keys for software used in their attacks. This causes infected end users to “remain unaware of their infection and continue to serve as a point of exposure and propagation,” the center said in a statement. About 52% of attacks in November 2005 were targeting AOL Instant Messenger; 27% targeted MSN and 21% targeted Yahoo’s instant messaging software. In addition to IMlogic (DEMO 2004), Internet security firms Symantec, Sybari, McAfee, Postini, as well as AOL, Microsoft and Yahoo! are involved with the IMlogic Threat Center. More information is available at the group’s Web site.
[Via DemoLetter & BlogsOnBert]
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