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Homeland Security

Malware Threats Increasing Exponentially, McAfee Report Says

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Wednesday, August 18th, 2010

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Malware on computer networks reached its highest levels in the first six months of 2010, making this the most active half-year ever for malware production, according to a recent report from McAfee [MFE]. "What we are seeing in the second quarter [is that] malware continues to increase at an exponential scale," Dmitri Alperovitch, vice president of threat research for McAfee, tells our sister publication Defense Daily. "What is really remarkable, [it] reached an all-time high where we've tested over six…

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