UK businesses under renewed attack from virus and spam attacks
According to the 2006 Annual Security Report published by MessageLabs, viruses and spam attacks are on the increase.
The key findings of the report include the frightening conclusion that spam volumes have increased by 70% in the last quarter of 2006. The outlook for 2007 looks bad for UK businesses, as they will be increasingly targeted by more malicious messaging attacks than previously.
Small to medium sized businesses are becoming a greater target, as they are often a gateway into larger organisations who they serve.
After reviewing the reports findings, Derrick Cameron, Technical Director for business IT specialist Eximium, concludes that “The report highlights just how important it is to get your email security working properly and explore new solutions”. He also feels it is vital to review security measures “A lot of attacks involve ‘social engineering’, where members of staff are manipulated into giving out secure information by people posing as employees, security staff, etc. It is important to have a clear security policy to guard your valuable information and to be vigilant against this type of attack”.
Eximium is investigating new cost effective ways to guard remotely against viruses and spam and can be contacted directly for more information on how to prevent security breaches.
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