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Article: Spyware Purveyors Get Down to Business With New Technologies and Tactics.
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- August 23, 2005
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Potential for Profit Motivates Cyber Criminals to Find New Targets, New Distribution Channels and New Methods For Attacking PCs
BOULDER, Colo., Aug. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Refusing to be deterred from the potential for big profits, spyware purveyors are successfully developing and deploying new tactics to speed the proliferation of spyware, according to the latest State of Spyware report issued today by anti-spyware software developer, Webroot Software.
The report finds dramatic increases in the number of reported corporate spyware incidents as well as an alarming rise in the amount of spyware on corporate machines -- a 19% increase during the last quarter ...