Malware authors are becoming more sophisticated. And given that there is money to be made, they will continue to expand the scope of software and device that they target.

If you didn't guess so yet from the introduction, McAfee has published its list of security predictions for 2007. The company no doubt is the first many others.

30 Nov 2006

Generically you can assume that attackers will continue their battle as long as they can make money from creating botnets, installing spyware or stealing confidential information. Meanwhile it surely helps if many people are using the same application, just like pickpockets liking crowded shopping malls.

You can draw your own conclusions moving forward. Movies probably will make for attractive targets, as do mobile phones (will 2007 finally be the year of the mobile phone worm outbreak?).

But  the vendor stresses that there's no reason to panic. Because… ahem… they also happen to sell software that protects corporations and individuals from all the evils that lurk on the internet.

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