15 million new malware types discovered in 2008

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15 million new malware types discovered in 2008

Kaspersky Lab puts value of cyber-crime business at $100bn Written by Phil Muncaster in Moscow

A total of 15 million new malware strains will have been detected by the end of this year, but the security industry is panicking in its attempt to keep up with the scale and sophistication of the threats, according to anti-virus vendor Kaspersky Lab.
Chief executive Eugene Kaspersky revealed today at the firm's annual press event in Moscow that the figure had jumped from just two million new instances of malware in 2007.


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