Safer code fails to stem cyber crime tide

Dave Bailey
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Hackers are targeting a smaller number of security flaws with larger amounts of malicious code

The number of malicious code signatures grew by 71 per cent over the past year Several reports released in the run-up to this week’s Infosec 2010 security conference recorded increases in the amo...

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