Just two months have passed since we entered 2007, but the magnitude of internet-borne threats have not come to a standstill, It is going on and on but for any respite so far. The more we tighten our belt to fight off the malicious bug technically, the more aggressive and progressive they become technically.
And since we have stepped in 2007, there have many news, view and blogs that warns us of newly detected malicious bugs. Recently Sophos claims to have detected highly widespread malware threats and email hoaxes that brought about tribulations for PC users all through the globe through February 2007.
The statics recently gathered by Sophos’s global network of monitoring stations made me move from my chair to find the potential of malware roaming around the web world. As per the figures, it was claimed out that the HckPk family has impacted on computer users highly this month, with over half of malware all through February.
The statics also revealed that the online hackers are greatly making use of encryption and packer tools, like those related to the HckPk family - to mask their pernicious code. January’s hardest-hitting worm, Dorf as well as the widespread Dref mass-mailing worms are only two instances of the malware at present being camouflaged within HckPk programs. Sophos also claims to have detected that cybercrooks are all the time adopts in their HckPk disguises with an aim to bypass IT defences.
