Trend Micro Releases 2010 Future Threat Report

Trend Micro’s 2010 Future Threat Report [PDF file] warns that cloud computing and virtualization are ripe for attack.

“Cloud computing and virtualization can be cost effective,” notes CNET News’ Lance Whitney. “But since they’re beyond the confines of a company’s own firewall, they could be potentially open areas for cybercriminals to attack.”

“Trend Micro also believes the move toward international domain names orchestrated by ICANN will open up the playing field for more phishing attacks as crooks create look-alike [domain] names using the Cyrillic alphabet instead of Latin characters,” Whitney adds.