[Am-info] This Year's Threats May Get More Vicious

Fred A. Miller fm@cupserv.org
Thu, 3 Jan 2002 12:46:15 -0500


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This Year's Threats May Get More Vicious

Experts predict that worms and viruses will get nastier in 2002. 
Blended threats, such as Nimda, made a strong appearance in 2001;
blended threats make use of multiple attack methods and don't require
users to click on attachments.  The experts disagree about the threat
of mobile viruses.

http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2834890,00.html

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Fred A. Miller
Systems Administrator
Cornell Univ. Press Services
fm@cupserv.org

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