Interesting that this came out of Microsoft Research. Perhaps Microsoft was getting really annoyed with overblown estimates of losses from compromised Microsoft

Interesting that this came out of Microsoft Research. Perhaps Microsoft was getting really annoyed with overblown estimates of losses from compromised Microsoft products. There are political and economic forces that benefit from fanning alarmism about cybercrime, just as there are companies like MS that incur losses from such alarmism. When there's so much uncertainty about what reality looks like, either side can cite figures that support their own agenda. Kudos to the researchers for bringing some cautious sanity and objectivity to the issue, instead of just running away in the other direction.