[pchelpers] Article: This Site is Safe from Hackers. Is it really?

By Carl Jongsma  Computerworld Australia  May 21, 2008   

SYDNEY- Antivirus and antimalware developers have been in the spotlight
for the last month or so and have been the focus of malware developers
for much longer over the plan to run the Race to Zero contest at this
year's DefCon in Las Vegas. Now, it might be the turn of companies that
produce and promote 'This Site is Safe from Hackers'-style certification
and coverage for their clients to share the spotlight. 

Since at least late 2006 there have been various small groups of
interested Information Security researchers that have turned their
attention to the quality (or lack thereof) of service provided to Web
sites. Unfortunately for the vendors, the results have been just as
embarrassing as the protection coverage provided by common antivirus
tools -- great at identifying issues that are fairly old and well known,
but deficient when it comes to current vulnerabilities. 

More here:
http://www.computerworld.com.ph/?_s=4&_ss=P&P=3&PN=7007&L=H&II=299&ID=H,299,BYB,-1
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