About IBM X-Force

IBM X-Force Research and Development is one of the most renowned commercial security research and development teams in the world. This group of security experts researches and evaluates vulnerabilities and security issues, develops assessment and countermeasure technology for IBM products and educates the public about emerging Internet threats.

To stay ahead of emerging threats and risks, IBM X-Force utilize a variety of resources including its database of more than 70,000 computer security vulnerabilities, its global Web crawler and its international spam collectors.

Twice a year they publish the IBM X-Force Trend and Risk Report. Designed to help customers, fellow researchers, and the public at large better understand the latest security risks, and stay ahead of emerging threats, this report dives deeply into some of the most significant challenges facing security professionals today including software vulnerabilities and public exploitation, malware, spam, phishing, web-based threats, and general cyber criminal activity.