Attacks on Instant Messaging and File Sharing Networks Up by 700 Percent
Internet security firm FaceTime said attacks over instant messaging programs and P2P file sharing networks have risen dramatically.
FaceTime said, malicious program attacks across instant messaging (IM), chat, and peer-to-peer (P2P) in the first quarter of 2006. This was a rise of over 700 percent when compared to same quarter last year.
FaceTime called these attacks “multi-channel propagation” attacks carried over both IM and P2P, were 23 times more common this year than during the same period in 2005.
Tyler Wells, the research director at FaceTime, said “The number of threats across multiple P2P and IM channels demonstrates the need for a comprehensive approach to managing threats.”
FaceTime said, hacker attacks against IM networks are actually off 2005’s pace, with just 5 percent of 2006’s events relating instant messaging, compared with 16 percent during all of 2005. AOL’s IM network is now the most frequently targeted, and has displaced MSN from 2005’s top spot.
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