Got VoIP security? Well if you don't, this may be the year that you see the first serious attacks on your VoIP networks. It may also be the year that the forthcoming presidential election and Olympic games face serious hacking attacks. The year 2008 is expected to be dominated by security issues, and that is no surprise. While you may not be anywhere near the Olympics, your systems may feel the impact of an attack. You may think you have the very best security, but you may not. Also on tap are Storm-like botnets with decentralized command-and-control structures that make them much tougher to stop, said Craig Schmugar, researcher at McAfee. "Storm is a trend setter," Schmugar said of the infamous botnet that traces back to a network attack launched one year ago. "A lot of the spam we see is coming across Storm-compromised machines." McAfee also predicts waves of malware looking for specific files and embedding themselves. It may not sound like the soap opera, "As the World Turns," but be prepared!

For more on this year's security threats:
- See Network World article [1]