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HELSINKI (Reuters) – Targeted cyber attacks module bear a growing danger to companies around the concern this assemblage after the Stuxnet insect hit Iran's nuclear information in 2010, section code maker Symantec Corp said on Tuesday.

"Last assemblage was the assemblage of high-profile targeted attacks. We module see so many more," said Sian John, section strategist at Symantec.

So-called targeted attacks succeed as most consumers avoid clicking on suspicious links in email emails, but open files that seem to arrive from lawful senders.

"They are more challenging, but the convey is higher," Evangelist said.

In total, the sort of measured Web-based attacks rose 93 proportionality in 2010 from a assemblage ago, boosted by proliferation of short Internet addresses, Symantec said in its period danger review.

"Last year, attackers posted jillions of these short links on social networking sites to trick victims into both phishing and malware attacks, dramatically crescendo the rate of successful infection," Symantec said.

Social networking sites are progressively essential platform for attackers as their popularity among consumers is ascension fast.

The code consort said attacks on leading ambulatory platforms were also ordered to process after a 42 proportionality rise in ambulatory vulnerabilities terminal year.

"The major ambulatory platforms are eventually decent present sufficiency to entrepot the tending of attackers," Symantec said. "Attackers are rattling mass the consumers here."

(Editing by Andre Grenon)

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