The Cybercrime Trend Newsletter

Welcome to the January 2010 Cybercrime Trend Newsletter!

Welcome to our December "Cybercrime Trend Newsletter." We will take a look at the future of cybercrime and its close friend identity theft in this January 2010 Cybercrime Trend Newsletter. Our January 15 Identity Theft Trend Newsletter will go into even more detail on that subject.

2009 was a year full of online threats as cyber criminals refined their skills and methods becoming more sophisticated. It was a year that saw social networks become more vulnerable. We saw enhanced versions of spam, and phishing. There were new and more powerful botnets developed including, Conficker, the biggest one of them all.

What are the experts predicting for cybercrime in 2010? This newsletter will go a long way in answering that question. I have included several predictions from some of the top experts in the industry. Many of these experts are from my competitors, however, I believe knowledge is all-powerful. The more you know, the more likely you are to truly understand how serious cybercrime has become.

Online Threats Get Smarter and Nastier

The year 2009 saw unprecedented growth of spyware, malware and other cyber attacks that posed significant risks for everyone. Symantec vice-president (Asia South region) Eric Hoh warns of more threats as the new year dawns.

BitDefender Highlights Top Security Predictions for 2010

Botnets, malicious applications and social networking malware are all threats to look out for in 2010, according to BitDefender. BitDefender predicts that in 2010 cybercriminals will target operating systems, mobile devices and enterprise technologies such as cloud computing.

Security Heavyweights predict 2010 Threats

Upcoming security threats for 2010, as predicted by CA, Cisco, Symantec, Websense and a group of experts at Independent Security Evaluators. Plus, Info-Tech on security trends.
Social networks are going to become a prime target for cybercriminals in 2010, according to security predictions from annual security reports released this month by CA Inc., Cisco Systems Inc. and Symantec Corp.

10 Predictions for 2010: Kaminsky and Weatherford

As 2009 draws to a close and a new decade dawns, CSOonline has reached out to some of the industry's best known security pros in search of insight on what the next 12 months and beyond have in store for our IT and cyber infrastructure. Each participant was asked to make five predictions.

Next Year in the Threat Webscape -- Websense Security Labs Predictions for 2010

Websense, Inc. released its list of security predictions and trends anticipated for 2010. Researchers in the Websense Security Labs have identified emerging security exploits and trends anticipated to increase during the next 12 months. The emerging trends and predictions show an overall blending of security threats across multiple attack vectors for the purpose of roping computers into bot networks and stealing valuable confidential information. Researchers believe that hackers will look to compromise new platforms such as smartphones and take advantage of the popularity of Windows 7. They are also expected to compromise the integrity of search engine results and use legitimate advertisements to spread their malicious content..

What are our customers saying?

Staying ahead of the cybercriminal is almost impossible. That's why, when it comes to computer protection, you need the most proactive protection available. Here's what customers are saying about the mananged computer security service I offer:

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Hats off!

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Tell Russell thanks for saving my bacon on recovering that email. When you "lose" your first email on an internship program, how competent do you look? Special thanks to Russell. Also, Chance deserves kudos for working on my 95 year old aunt's new computer where the printer wouldn't work. She's now a believer too that your company rocks. :)
Nancy D -
Sarasota, FL

Keep an eye out for the Identity Theft Trend Newsletter January 15th...
Until then be safe out there,

Kathleen Fulgham

What Online Criminals Are Up To And How To Avoid Their Traps

Cybercrime by the Numbers
23,500

Number of newly infected web pages every day. That's one every four seconds. It is four times worse that it was in 2008.

97

Percent of business e-mail that is spam.

5


There were five times more malicious e-mail attachments at the end of 2008 than at the beginning

1

Number of new spam related webpages every 15 seconds

17.5

Percent of spam relayed from the U.S.

Source: Sophos Labs

Kathleen Fulgham
Computer Security Specialist
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