2007 – Malware Takes the World by Storm
One of the biggest security threats in 2007 was posed by a new and rapidly-evolving email spamming campaign.
2006 – MacOS X Rides On the Trojan Horse
The new year was relatively calm, with few major security incidents. The smooth Internet experience users could enjoy was partly due to the fact that Microsoft’s Windows XP operating system was safer than its predecessors, but partly due to the fact that the antivirus industry was watching.
2005 – The Sony BMG Scandal
One of the most interesting security threats in 2005 were the so-called worms for instant messenger applications.
2004 – Google Draws the Curtains
Malware authors continued to focus mostly on worms during 2004, just as they did in the previous year. The successful attacks carried by Slammer, Win32.Sobig and Tantalos were enough reason to keep improving worms rather than viruses.
2003 - Sobig and the Botnet
Although the Win32.Sobig worm had been spotted in isolated locations since January, it did not start causing trouble until August, with the advent of its Sobig.f variant. Spreading via e-mail, the Win32.Sobig worm s thought to be the first organized attempt to create large-scale Botnets (networks of compromised systems that can be remotely controlled by a bot herder).
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