Emerging Cyber Threats Report for 2009 (PDF; 385 KB)
Source: Georgia Tech Information Security Center

Data will continue to be the primary motive behind future cyber crime—whether targeting traditional fixed computing or mobile applications. According to security expert George Heron, “It’s all about the data,” whether botnets, malware, blended threats, mobile threats or cyber warfare attacks. And Heron expects data to drive cyber attacks for years to come. The data motive is woven through all five emerging threat categories, beginning with malware.

This entry was posted on Thursday, November 6th, 2008 at 10:55 pm and is filed under Crime, Internet, Privacy, Technology. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site.