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• Zero day exploits becoming a serious threat, says Symantec

  The risk of zero-day exploits is increasing as cyber-criminals become more sophisticated and better organised, says Robert Pregnell, Symantec’s Asia Pacific regional product marketing manager for endpoint security and compliance solutions.

• Security breaches steadily increasing

  Over 87% of Kiwi organisations report having experienced some kind of security incident, according to the 2005 New Zealand Computer Crime and Security Survey — the first survey of its kind in this country.

• Hacked: 33 .nz websites per month

  On average 33 .nz websites are hacked every month, says Ken Low, senior security manager of 3Com Asia Pacific, secure networks vendor.