Spyware top threat, CompTIA says (eChannelLine)

"While spyware has always been somewhere on the radar, it's been generally down the list of concerns -- definitely within the top 10 but not in the top two or three, which is the case this year. That was a bit of surprise, as it's taking up so much time and causing so many problems for organizations," Ostrowski told eChannelLine.

Spyware has moved up in rank to take the number one spot of security threats to organizations right now, but over the long term, spyware is slightly less of a concern, the report found. Spyware took the top position of current threats, followed by lack of user awareness (54 percent), viruses and worms (49 percent), authorized user abuse (44.2 percent) and browser-based attacks (41.5 percent).