In its cybercrime predictions for the coming year, the organisation said that hackers are likely to spread malware and spam through filesharing networks and reduce their focus on traditional means such as websites and applications.
Alex Gostev, director of Kaspersky Lab's global research and analysis team, added: 'Malware will become much more sophisticated in 2010 and many antivirus programs will be slow to treat infected computers due to advanced file infection methods and rootkit technologies.'
In addition, the group predicted that IT security consultants will face more problems from botnets, as cybercriminals attempt to make a profit by using them to send spam, distribute malware and perform denial-of-service attacks.
However, the researcher also claimed that fake antivirus programmes will become less common in 2010, as IT security firms make more of an effort to defeat the applications.
IT industry analyst IDC recently predicted that more organisations will invest in virtual security appliances in the next year.
Alex Gostev, director of Kaspersky Lab's global research and analysis team, added: 'Malware will become much more sophisticated in 2010 and many antivirus programs will be slow to treat infected computers due to advanced file infection methods and rootkit technologies.'
In addition, the group predicted that IT security consultants will face more problems from botnets, as cybercriminals attempt to make a profit by using them to send spam, distribute malware and perform denial-of-service attacks.
However, the researcher also claimed that fake antivirus programmes will become less common in 2010, as IT security firms make more of an effort to defeat the applications.
IT industry analyst IDC recently predicted that more organisations will invest in virtual security appliances in the next year.
