Surfing a bigger risk than spam to company networks

Iria · Sep 16, 2006, 01:23 AM

Source: ZDNet
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Company networks are now more likely to pick up malicious software via employee Web surfing than from e-mail attachments, according to a new study.

Nearly 40 percent of the 200 Danish companies surveyed said their systems had been infected by a virus or worm, despite the fact that 75 percent had implemented a security policy, IDC Denmark said in its report, released Wednesday. But the malicious software in question is no longer primarily making its way through e-mail, as in the past

Sep 16, 2006, 01:23 AM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 87	Surfing a bigger risk than spam to company networks Source: ZDNet _______ Company networks are now more likely to pick up malicious software via employee Web surfing than from e-mail attachments, according to a new study. Nearly 40 percent of the 200 Danish companies surveyed said their systems had been infected by a virus or worm, despite the fact that 75 percent had implemented a security policy, IDC Denmark said in its report, released Wednesday. But the malicious software in question is no longer primarily making its way through e-mail, as in the past