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IM Attacks up Nearly 80 Percent

It seems that instant messaging is experiencing another hot trend when it comes to malicious code attacks. The article goes onto mention that P2P is another huge culprit.

In many cases, those users were overriding the default security settings on their peer-to-peer software to do so, according to Tiversa. Robert Boback, Tiversa's CEO, and retired U.S. Army General Wesley Clark, a Tiversa board member, testified earlier this week before the House of Representatives Oversight and Government Reform Committee.