- Jan 24, 2011
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More than a third of all malware that has ever existed was created by criminal gangs in 2010 alone according to the latest PandaLabs Annual Report.
To be precise, the company found that 34 percent of all existing malware has been concocted by cybercriminals in the last year, banishing forever the image of the disgruntled geek creating viruses in his bedsit.
It's not all bad news however, there's been a dramatic slow-down in the rate with which threats are growing: since 2003 the number of new threats has been doubling every but in 2010 they only increased by 50 percent.
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To be precise, the company found that 34 percent of all existing malware has been concocted by cybercriminals in the last year, banishing forever the image of the disgruntled geek creating viruses in his bedsit.
It's not all bad news however, there's been a dramatic slow-down in the rate with which threats are growing: since 2003 the number of new threats has been doubling every but in 2010 they only increased by 50 percent.
Read more
