Greg Masters - August 20, 2009

The number of users victimized by malware specifically intended to rob personally identifiable information (PII) leapt 600 percent this year compared to the same period in 2008, according to a report released on Thursday by PandaLabs, a division of Bilbao, Spain-based Panda Security.

Writing on the PandaLabs blog, Luis Corrons, PandaLabs' director, said that of the nearly 37,000 samples of new viruses, worms, trojans and other types of internet threats PandaLabs receives each day, 71 percent are trojans, the majority of which are intended to siphon bank details or credit card numbers, as well as passwords for other commercial services.

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