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Top Five Instant Messaging Security Risks
Wednesday, 20th December 2006
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Instant messaging continues to be the fastest growing communications medium, with an estimated 390 million IM users by the end of 2006. As one of the most successful and widely deployed applications on the Internet, IM has increasingly become the target for attackers to propagate IM-borne viruses, worms, spam over IM (SPIM), malware, and phishing attacks.

Though widely adopted, IM is generally unprotected and unmonitored in environments, leaving it vulnerable to attacks and exploits. Download this white paper now to learn what security risks you may be facing!


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