The Rising Trend in Security: Real World Numbers
- Worldwide security incidents are up 80% from 2002
- Symantec reported over 994 new viruses and worms aimed at Win32 systems in the first half of 2003, more than double the 2002 figure of 445
- At the height of the MS Blaster worm, 2,500 machines an hour were being infected
- Attacks on the Instant Messaging realm have risen 400% over the last year
- An unprotected, unfirewalled machine placed openly on the Internet will be attacked, in some manner, within 15 minutes
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