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The Online Shadow Economy: A Billion Dollar Market For Malware Authors

Category: Professions and Industries, Security

Overview In an online black market worth more than $105 billion, malware authors can produce new, unique threats targeting businesses and employees every 45 seconds.

This free white paper examines the growth of this online shadow economy. It explores the high level of sophistication with which it operates, the continuous improvement of its techniques and looks at what the future holds for Internet crime.

Learn about the entrepreneurs of Internet crime and how to keep your business and employees safe.

By downloading you agree to our Terms and Conditions. These include information regarding use of your personal data.

Publisher: MessageLabs, now part of Symantec
File Format: PDF
Date Published: Mar 18, 2009
Format: White Papers
Topics: Spyware, Cyber Security, Anti-Hacking, Best Practices, Security Management

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