Sophos report reveals increase in social networking security threats

[pokerfan]

Sophos has today published its annual Security Threat Report, looking back at the last twelve months and ahead to the threats we can expect to encounter during 2011.

* Social networking threats
* Fake anti-virus
* Stuxnet
* SEO poisoning
* Data loss and encryption
* Web threats
* Email threats
* Spam
* Malware trends
* Windows 7
* Apple Macs
* Mobile devices and smartphones
* Cybercrime
* Hacktivism

One of the key findings is that reports of social networking spam and malware attacks have risen once again.

http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/01/19/sophos-security-threat-report-2011-social-networking

[lpbk2713]

1. Windows 7?

All things considered, I'm actually pretty satisfied with it.

[pokerfan]

2. From the report

Overall, Windows 7 provides a secure
environment, but there’s still room for
improvement. When the first few versions
of Windows XP came out, there were much
more serious issues than with Windows 7
—and many were fixed with Service Pack 2.
Microsoft plans to release Windows 7
service pack 1 in 2011. However, numerous
security fixes have been already released as
part of the Patch Tuesday program.

Usage statistics show a steady uptake of
the new OS; it is rapidly catching up with
Vista and looking certain to overtake it as
more new machines come pre-installed with
Windows 7 and as older operating systems,
including the no-longer-supported XP SP2,
fade away. Malware creators are now starting
to hone their attacks to specifically-target
Windows 7, particularly the ubiquitous
rogue security solution scams, and this trend
will continue as the platform and its users
become an ever larger target.