McAfee's Avert Labs research group has released its annual report on <A HREF="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2065317,00.asp?kc=EWWMUEMNL113006EOAD">the Top 10 security threats</A> likely to grow in severity during the coming year, highlighting expectations for continued professionalism among malware code writers and a range of attacks on emerging technology platforms in 2007. The trend toward malware writers and online fraudsters who bring a high level of professionalism to their work will dominate the IT threat landscape, according to Dave Marcus, security research and communications manager at McAfee Avert Labs.