Instant messaging security firm IMLogic said on Monday that attacks on IM networks increased to record levels, multiplying by fourteen times through the first three quarters of this year.
“Over the past three months the nature of the IM threat has continued to evolve with increasing levels of sophistication and rates of infection demonstrated by IM worms and viruses,” IMlogic CTO Jon Sakoda said.
The report concluded that MSN Messenger has been the recipient of the lion’s share of attacks, accounting for 62 percent of reported incidents. 31 percent targeted the AIM client, and another seven percent were aimed at Yahoo! Messenger users.
Full article at BetaNews, sourced via BigBlueBall
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