In its quarterly report, RSA, the security Division of EMC released its security findings, including the fact that rogue anti-malware programs increased an enormous 585% in the first half of 2009.

The report also found that banking Trojan infections increased by 186% during the first six months of 2009 and nearly 20% of online attacks are targeted at social networking sites.

The report also found that the number of Trojan communication resources, including infection and update points and drop zones, that the RSA addressed has increased more than 300% in the last year.

According to the Anti-Fraud Command Center the volume of phishing attacks detected by the RSA during 2008 grew 66% over those detected throughout 2007.