Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 5th Jul 2006 16:23 UTC
Sophos has published new research into the past six months of cyber crime. The Sophos Security Threat Management Report Update reveals that while there has been a vast drop in new viruses and worms, this has been over-compensated by increases in other types of malware, as cyber criminals turn their attention to stealing information and money. Most interestingly, new Trojans now outweigh viruses and worms by 4:1, compared to 2:1 in the first half of 2005. In addition, the continued dominance of Windows-based threats has prompted Sophos to suggest that many home users should consider switching to Apple Macs, to shield themselves from the malware onslaught.
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Yes I’m sure you are right, and Mac users aren’t frightened to put their hands into their pockets (not like all those fake Windows running Avast or AVG). Though with Mac OS I’m sure there will be less viruses (viruses that trick users into running them as root), and Sophos will develop more products for the Mac that protect users from themselves, social engineering tricks, rough websites etc.
I’m sure that virus writers will also increasing move into these areas as well.
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2006-06-24
Sophos a company that makes AV products suggesting that users change to an almost virus free OS – Isn't that a bit like turkeys voting for Christmas?
Well, between the possible improvements to Vista, and the launch of OneCare, Sophos is looking at a serious slimming down of its customer base.
The handheld community weren't fooled by the AV software houses' attempts to push them into buying their gear. Linux users aren't really really big on buying software and subscriptions.
So that leaves MacOSX. And of course, the lack of viruses/malware on that platform are going to be a bit of a problem; unless you can get the user base to a size where the virus writers reckon its worth buying the equipment and putting the effort in. That would give Sophos a new market to aim for, and their new customers will look kindly on the outfit that recommended Macs (Sophos) rather than one that tried to tell them that their OS has vulnerabilities (Symantec).