Re: Report: Spyware Threat Marches On

[Nick FitzGerald <nick () virus-l demon co uk>]

Fergie wrote:

> Via eWeek:
>
> [snip]
>
> According to a new study published by Ponemon Institute, based on
> interviews of over 500 North American IT security professionals, a
> resounding majority of workers admit that their companies are still
> plagued by problems related to spyware.
>
> Some 47 percent of respondents to the survey indicated that their
> companies are incapable of removing spyware from their networks once
> attacked, with 35 percent saying their employers cannot prevent many
> spyware infections in the first place.
<<snip>>

And given most corporates still have far too many users running at 
admin-equiv or "power user" level privileges, and still let pretty much 
any user run pretty much any code they happen (to double-click) across, 
we are surpised because???


Regards,

Nick FitzGerald

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