Telafici was speaking at the recent AVAR (Association of Antivirus Asia Researchers) conference, which was held in Auckland. Today's cyber criminals don't want to draw attention to themselves as the main motivation for cyber crime now is money, not fame, he said.
They are 'clearly getting more devious," he said, but law enforcement cooperation across borders is also getting more efficient.
Telafici's team of around 100 security experts in 16 countries builds McAfee's security content. But they also educate and cooperate with law enforcement.
At the end of last month, McAfee Avert Labs made ten security threat predictions for 2007. They are:
1) The use of bots, computer programs that perform automated tasks, will increase. Botnetworks will also increase, but there will be a move away from internet relay chat (IRC) towards less obtrusive instant messaging and peer-to-peer communication, said Telafici.