The general trend is that attackers aren't concentrating on 'far and wide,' worms, but on financial gain.
Application vulnerabilities, such as the issue in Windows Media Player, are a growing cause of concern.
It really generates a lot of network traffic. It's really just going to slow down Internet performance.
Users (should) apply the updates as quickly as possible.
These vulnerabilities are increasingly being used to facilitate online fraud through the installation of malicious software on vulnerable computers. Symantec has already seen exploits for some of these vulnerabilities in the wild and recommends that users apply the updates as quickly as possible.
The potential for graphical image-based exploits is especially concerning as it affects multiple applications and requires no user interaction.
So the exposure time is much less.
Financially-motivated attacks have reached an unprecedented rate. There's an entirely new economy focused on the bartering and purchasing of confidential information. And with the higher stakes, we're seeing professional caliber efforts going into today's threats.
Symantec recommends that users apply the updates as quickly as possible and refrain from opening unknown attachments or clicking on suspicious links that arrive via e-mail or instant messages.
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