Cyber crime booms in 2004

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    Cyber crime booms in 2004


    By Mark Ward
    Technology Correspondent, BBC News website

    The last 12 months have seen a dramatic growth in almost every security threat that plague Windows PCs.

    The count of known viruses broke the 100,000 barrier and the number of new viruses grew by more than 50%.

    Similarly phishing attempts, in which conmen try to trick people into handing over confidential data, are recording growth rates of more than 30% and attacks are becoming increasingly sophisticated. Also on the increase are the number of networks of remotely controlled computers, called bot nets, used by malicious hackers and conmen to carry out many different cyber crimes.

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