Kaspersky Security Bulletin 2008: Malware Evolution January - June 2008

Russian security giant Kaspersky Lab recently released a Security Bulletin on Malware Evolution for first half of 2008. It reports on the current trends in malware. It is noticeable that viruses that attack mobile phones is on the uptrend.

The first six months of 2008 confirmed the predictions Kaspersky Lab made at the end of last year about the evolution of malicious programs, namely:

• the continuing evolution of so-called Malware 2.0 technologies
• the evolution of rootkits
• the return f file viruses
• attacks on social networking sites
• threats for mobile devices

Kaspersky Security Bulletin 2008: Malware Evolution January - June 2008
http://www.viruslist.com/analysis?pubid=204792034