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Symantec APJ Internet Security Threat Report Trends for 2008

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Overview The Symantec APJ Internet Security Threat Report provides an annual overview and analysis of Internet threat activity, a review of known vulnerabilities, and highlights of malicious code in the Asia-Pacific/Japan (APJ) region. Trends in phishing and spam are also assessed. Previously, Symantec presented data on a six-month basis. This volume of the Symantec APJ Internet Security Threat Report will alert readers to current trends and impending threats that Symantec has observed for all of 2008. Symantec has established some of the most comprehensive sources of Internet threat data in the world through the Symantec Global Intelligence Network.

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Publisher	Symantec	File Format	PDF
Date Published	April 2009
Format	White Papers
Topics	Network Security, Security Management

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