The threat of new instant messaging security attacks to
enterprises has rocketed 2,700% in the second quarter of the year,
according to instant messaging security researcher
IMlogic.
During the second quarter IMlogic issued 15 priority IM security
alerts to enterprises and says it tracked more than 540 new IM
security threats in the wild.
IMlogic said corporate environments were being increasingly
targeted and that businesses had to prepare for and defend against
such threats.
IMlogic said 70% of reported infections from IM malware it
tracked affected enterprises using popular IM applications such as
AOL Instant Messenger, MSN Messenger, Windows Messenger, and Yahoo!
Messenger.
The increasing IM threat is one reason why some companies have
attempted to stop employees using instant messaging altogether,
despite its popularity among disparate sales and marketing teams,
among others.
