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Viruses, Worms Will Worsen in 2004

Dec 11, 2003 5:53AM PST

Improved hacker tools, next-generation attacks will cause problems, experts predict.

Paul Roberts, IDG News Service
Thursday, December 11, 2003
The New Year will offer weary network administrators little respite from a new generation of Internet worms, viruses, and targeted hacks that appeared in 2003, according to security experts.

In 2004, malicious hackers will continue to take advantage of security weaknesses, while improvements in hacker tools will shorten the time that technology vendors and their customers have to respond to new vulnerabilities. That's according to comments by leading security researchers and corporate security experts at the InfoSecurity 2003 Conference and Exhibition in New York this week.

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