[pchelpers] News:Security 2007: keeping ahead of the hackers

ScanSafe looks ahead to the biggest IT security fears for next year

Clement James, vnunet.com 21 Dec 2006

The web will take over from email in 2007 as the threat vector of choice
for hackers and cyber-criminals, according to IT security firm ScanSafe.

The firm said that 2006 marked the ascendance of web threats such as the
Windows Meta File flaw, and that this trend is expected to continue in
2007 as more and more threats shift to the web.

Malware authors are also expected to continue to target Web 2.0 sites
making real-time scanning imperative.

As more users go online to take advantage of Web 2.0 applications like
social-networking sites, blogs, wikis and RSS feeds, malware authors are
going to be right behind them, ScanSafe warned.

The ScanSafe Threat Centre found that in August up to one in every 600
social-networking pages was hosting malware, including MySpace and
YouTube.

More here:
http://www.pcw.co.uk/vnunet/analysis/2171428/christmas-keep-ahead-hackers
-- 
John Durham
Site http://modecideas.com
Good advice is like good paint. It only works when applied.



-- 
-------list-services-below-----------
Regards, John Durham (list moderator) <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig>
Freelists login at http://www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi
List archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/pchelpers
PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig
Latest news live feeds at http://modecideas.com/indexhomenews.htm?sig
Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied.

Other related posts: