2014 in infosec: Spammers sneak small botnets under the wire, Java is dull

Crims also move to Silverlight, according to Cisco Cisco’s annual report on the state of global cybersecurity claims spammers just won’t die and are using new tactics to avoid detection by filters; malware programmers are abandoning exploiting Java; and there’s a possible silver cloud in the Sony Pictures hacking storm.…

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2014 in infosec: Spammers sneak small botnets under the wire, Java is dull