Computer Security Vulnerabilities Double In '01- CERT

Source: NewsBytes

Hackers and system administrators alike were busier than ever in 2001, a year that brought a 200 percent increase in computer security incidents and vulnerabilities, according to statistics published Thursday. More than 52,000 "incidents, including Web site attacks, malicious viruses and network intrusions, were reported in 2001, according to the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT), the federally funded computer security clearinghouse at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Mellon University. The numbers are up from 21,756 the previous year, CERT indicates.
To put the figures into perspective, incidents reported last year accounted for more than half of all attacks reported since 1988, the first year CERT began keeping records.