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Symantec Internet Security Threat Report - technical definition
In February 2003, the
Symantec Internet Security Threat Report said that during the second part of 2002,
the highest rates for computer exploits targeted critical
infrastructure industry companies, such as energy, financial services,
and power, a finding that helped escalate the fears of an imminent cyber Apocalypse.
See Also: Critical Infrastructures; Critical Networks; Cyber Apocalyse.
The findings of the more recent report for the period between July 1, 2005, and December 31, 2005, indicate that the threat landscape is now dominated by attacks and malicious code that are used to commit cybercrime. Attackers have moved away from large, multipurpose attacks on network perimeters and have moved toward smaller, more focused attacks on client-side targets.
Wilson, C. CRS Report for Congress: Computer Attack and Cyberterrorism:
Vulnerabilities and Policy Issues for Congress. [Online, October 17, 2003.] CRS
Report Website. http://www.fas.org/irp/crs/RL32114.pdf. Turner, D. (ed).
Symantec Internet Security Threat Report. Vol IX. [Online, March 2006].
Symantec Website. http://www.symantec
.com/enterprise/threatreport/index.jsp.