PandaLabs' threat forecast for 2010 anticipates that the volume of malware threats will increase exponentially in the coming year.

"Among the most popular angles that PandaLabs expects attackers to employ during 2010 will be efforts to taint popular search engine results with malware-infected web sites, or the use of so-called 'black hat SEO,'" writes eWeek's Matthew Hines. "Tactics aimed at targeting users of social networks will also remain in heavy rotation."

"In terms of specific technologies to be wary of, Windows 7 will see a good deal of development related to new attacks, as scammers seek to keep pace with the tools most commonly found on end users' machines," Hines writes.

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