2006: Hackers will focus on attacking the financial industry

In the 2005 Global Security Situation report, MessageLabs stated that in 2006, hackers will increase, focusing on the financial and administrative sectors.

These attacks include taking advantage of Trojan Horse programs to steal the personal information of employees of major financial corporations. For example, the attackers tried to get US $ 387 million from Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui bank in March.

Attack targets will increase in quantity next year, and it is difficult for security experts to prevent preventive measures. So, the best way is to train the staff to use the computer safely.

Spam has shown signs of stalling, but still accounts for about two-thirds of global email traffic. More appearances of mail mails try to trick users into visiting 'malicious' sites. This type has a scale of 1/300.

Devices like 3G phones will be the target of virus writers next year. Last year, according to McAfee statistics, there are about 226 programs that are 'dangerous' for mobile devices. Predicting this number in 2006 will be 500.

In addition, it is worth mentioning the endless "travels" of thousands of network viruses, whereby hackers can exploit the disturbance of global computer system operation. Damages of this type are expected to be even greater than losses from large-scale attacks by hackers on financial corporations.

The world is increasingly dependent on computers. That is the crux of all problems.