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IBM: Biggest threat to the cloud could be security issues | VentureBeat

The number of exploitable options in computer programs grew by 36 percent in 2010, largely a result of the increased prevalence of Web apps and looming cloud-computing security threats, according to IBM’s X-force security report released Thursday.

IBM researchers said the recent growth of cloud computing and remote desktop access will likely become a sore point for security issues, as hackers cracking into a master rig that controls several virtual desktops could theoretically access all of those desktops.

Web apps had the largest number of security vulnerabilities, growing by 55 percent year-over-year. The report indicated that incidents of malicious code hidden in JavaScript, a common interactive scripting language, and other Web app code rose by 52 percent compared to the same period a year earlier.

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