Security News > 2011 > January > Cyber criminals abandon 'dogs' for new, sophisticated attack methods

http://gcn.com/articles/2011/01/20/cybersecurity-reports-new-methods.aspx By William Jackson GCN.com Jan 20, 2011 On the surface, it appears that progress is being made in the struggle for cybersecurity. Several large spammers have been shut down, the number of vulnerabilities reported to the National Vulnerability Database was down in 2010, and an international investigation broke up an online criminal ring that had stolen millions of dollars. “It was a watershed year,” said Cisco research fellow Patrick Peterson. “The tide began to turn in 2010.” Seeds of international cooperation planted as long ago as 2005 are beginning to bear fruit, as are efforts to improve the quality of commercial software development. But several assessments of the IT security landscape show that criminals are adapting by becoming more professional and more selective. [...]

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