6:04 PM EDT Wed. Jul. 06, 2005
Sophos estimated that a new PC stands a 50-50 chance of being infected by a worm within 12 minutes of being connected to the Internet. (Other analysts, such as the Internet Storm Center, put the current average survival time at around 34 minutes.)
“The number of new viruses, worms, and Trojans are up nearly 60 percent in the first half of 2005, a U.K.-based security company said Wednesday, while the length of time an unprotected PC survives on the Internet has shrunk to a measly dozen minutes.
Sophos reported that it had pinpointed 7,944 new pieces of malicious software in the first six months of the year, an increase of 59 percent compared to the first half of 2004.
The firm's researchers tracked an even larger spike in the number of keylogging Trojan horses. According to Sophos, that category has tripled in number.
"We are seeing a large amount of new Trojan horses on a daily basis, representing what may be the most significant development in malware writing," said Gregg Mastoras, a Sophos senior security analyst, in a statement.”
http://www.crn.com/nl/security/showArticle.jhtml?articleId=165700440
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