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» Growing virus production taxes security firms
The volume - if not the variety - of malware samples has undergone almost exponential growth over the last three years.
Malware samples reached 5,490,960 in 2007, five times more than the 972,606 recorded in 2006; which was itself almost three times more than the 333,425 recorded in 2005. The figures, compiled by AV-Test.org, represent a growth in the number of variants of the same piece of malware rather than the creation of numerous new malware strains. » Dutch regulator slaps spyware purveyors with 1m fine » New Vulnerability in QuickTime » Passwords on the loose
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