Home users were the greatest targets for computer security attacks during the first six months of 2006. Are enterprise systems off the hook, then, in the eyes of malicious attackers? Not quite.
Hijacked computers can be used to launch denial-of-service (DoS) attacks against enterprise networks, and often, the easiest unwitting accomplices are the less-secure home systems, according to the latest global Internet Security Threat Report issued by Symantec Corp.
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