May 12, 2011, 10:05AM
The Consumerization of IT and Sophistication of Attacks
1 CommentLike bank robbers, attackers tend to go where the money is and increasingly that means that they're going after consumers. In this video, members of the Microsoft anti-malware team discuss the trend toward cybercrime rings employing sophisticated sales and marketing tactics to target consumers, as well as some of the exploit trends from recent months.
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Duh. Do you go fishing on a highway or at a lake?