2009 saw 25 million new malware strains as Trojans accounted for 66 per cent of all detections

Source: Dan Raywood, SCMagazine

Last year saw 25 million new strains of malware with banking Trojans and fake anti-virus the main threats.

“Curiously, just as President Obama has acknowledged the potential threat from cybercrime to individuals as well as to critical national infrastructures, we are witnessing increased media coverage of cyber-war and cyberterrorism. Scenarios that were once the terrain of sci-fi movies are now becoming a reality.”