The cybercrime market is poised to be even ‘hotter’ in 2008 as spammers increase targeted attacks and create new social engineering techniques to claim their stake in cybercrime’s US$105 billion market.
According to the MessageLabs 2008 security predictions released today, 2008 is predicted to be another year of significant growth as e-crime tools become more accessible and the market becomes more mature and open.
“2007 was the year of prolific cyber-crime with certain gangs becoming famous within the security industry. Notoriety within a hot market always encourages an influx of new players wanting their slice of success and thus, the threat market is set to be even hotter in 2008,” said Mark Sunner, chief security analyst at MessageLabs.
Targeted attacks will increase in sophistication and malicious video file attachments will replace the unsuccussful use of MP3 file attachments.
