I like these stories that come out every so often from the anti-badware vendors to remind us that they are on top of the fight against the bad guys. From ZDNet; More malware means good news in the security fight.
Somehow, while attacks are on the rise, it seems that the good guys are making it hard on the bad guys:
“While the volume of malware threats has spiked recently, one expert believes that this is a good sign, with cybercriminals having to resort to increasingly desperate measures to get a result.”
WTF? Really?
“For one thing this means that they’ve had to cast their nets wider and pump out a vast amount more than they once had to,” said Ducklin.
The bad guys are on the backfoot:
“Secondly, it means they’ve had to employ increasingly complicated tactics to expose people, such as this PDF Trojan……………the fact that it sounds complicated can be taken as a sign that we’re beginning to do very well.”
This is on the back of Kaspersky reporting upper hand on the fight.
Well, knock me over with a feather, Mr Paul Ducklin of Sophos.
Criminals are using increasingly sophisticated tactics to commit crimes ? Who would have thought ? What an amazing insight into criminality !
Secondly, you argue increasingly complicated tactics are evidence that the crooks are on the back foot ? Mate, turn it up. I *really* think you’re stretching it there.
Typical vendor speak from someone regurgitating BS from head office. I would be surprised if Ducklin could talk outside of what his software did.
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