According to B2B International, a global market research firm, 61 percent of the attacks on corporate infrastructure began through malware infection.

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In October, 2006, I was asked to join a workshop on modern malware hosted by the Santa Fe Institute and co-chaired by Matt Williamson, principal research scientist from Sana Security, and Esther Dyson.

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"By a factor of two, technology companies had more malware than any other industry, " says Rob Rachwald, the company's senior director of research.

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