IT Security Predictions for 2010

IMB X-Force research team has published their top 3 predictions of threats for year 2010:

1) Pirated software:
"Users of pirated software are afraid to download updates, thus are exposed to security risks because their software is entirely unpatched." Also, newer versions of pirated software have malware pre-installed.

2) Social networks:
"Criminal organizations are increasingly sophisticated in how they attack different social networking sites." Not all sites are attacked in same way. Twitter is being used to spread malicious links while LinkedIn is being used for highly targeted attacks against high-value individuals.

3) Criminals take to the cloud:
"We have already seen the emergence of “exploits as a service.” In 2010 we will see criminals take to cloud computing to increase their efficiency and effectiveness."

The eWEEK article can be read here.