F-Secure has released data security six-month summary. According to the summary the first 6 months of 2006 was characterized by the 20th anniversary of Brain, the first PC virus.


F-Secure has released data security six-month summary. According to the summary, the first 6 months of 2006 was characterized by the 20th anniversary of Brain, the first PC virus.

The summary also reports that mobile malware has crossed the 200 barrier in the first 6 months of 2006.

Additional findings in the summary include:

– There are currently over 185,000 known viruses.

– The most significant change in viruses in the past 20 years is the evolution of virus writing hobbyists into criminally operated gangs.

– These criminally operated gangs write viruses for financial gains.

– Most data security vendors fail to offer rootkit detection technology.

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