Web Malware Exploded in 2006
It should come as no surprise to anyone that malware saw significant increases over the last year. What is worse is that I imagine this trend will only continue.
The study, carried out by IBM's Internet Security Systems X-Force research team, found that web-targeted attacks and scripting vulnerabilities saw a massive increase with 7,247 vulnerabilities disclosed that year, 88 per cent of these were remotely exploitable by hackers.
ITPro: News: Web malware exploded in 2006
It should come as no surprise to anyone that malware saw significant increases over the last year. What is worse is that I imagine this trend will only continue.
The study, carried out by IBM's Internet Security Systems X-Force research team, found that web-targeted attacks and scripting vulnerabilities saw a massive increase with 7,247 vulnerabilities disclosed that year, 88 per cent of these were remotely exploitable by hackers.
ITPro: News: Web malware exploded in 2006