F-Secure: XP System Security in Windows 7 Times

According to foreign media reports, a security research report by Finnish security company F-Secure pointed out that with the release of Microsoft's new operating system, cybercriminals face two choices: upgrade their malware, or continue to attack Windows XP users. . However, cybercriminals will inevitably choose the way to minimize resistance.

This can cause problems for developing technologies. F-Secure's 2010 Cyber ​​Crime Trends report states that with the continued migration of Windows XP users to Windows 7, a small number of malware will slowly upgrade and threaten users in developing countries.
















MikkoHypponen, chief security researcher at F-Secure, said: “cybercriminals are always looking for targets that are easy to attack, which means they will focus on developing country users. "

Haibo Ning believes that, like Windows Vista, Windows 7 will eventually replace Windows XP as the world's mainstream operating system. But in the coming year, many users around the world are not good at upgrading their systems. "They can't share the experience of other users, they don't have firewall software, they will continue to use the old operating system with low security configuration."

There is evidence that Windows 7 has fewer code security vulnerabilities than Windows XP. . Hackers and security researchers have been exposed to the Windows 7 codebase since last year. Windows 7 only broke nine security vulnerabilities in 2009, but Windows XP has 137 vulnerabilities during this period. Hypernin also believes that "Windows 7 is Microsoft's first operating system to significantly improve security."

The cybercrime rate in developing countries is very high. According to the US cybersecurity monitoring organization ShadowserverFoundation, in July this year, the popular Conficker worm in Brazil, Russia, India, China and Vietnam infected more than 7 million computers. Vietnam is also the country with the highest click-through rate fraud in the world.

However, due to the huge gap between the security settings of the old systems and the new systems, the cybercrime rate in developing countries will rise dramatically. Hai Boning said: "XP system is the simplest target, and attacks against XP system will continue for several years."