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News A website infected with malware is detected every five seconds - a dramatic increase over the last 12 months due to the rise in SQL injection attacks. Hackers place malware into the database running a website using SQL injection attacks, which can... [23 Jul 2008]
Has Barclays stamped out fraud with PINsentry?
News The devices are still vulnerable to sophisticated man-in-the-middle attacks, said Sophos senior technology consultant Graham Cluley at the time of the rollout. Security from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more. [18 Jul 2008]
Security heading for the cloud
News But the analyst adds that criminals will also make use of the cloud to reduce the cost of heavy processing in attacks such as breaking encryption keys or finding vulnerabilities in software. Click on the links below to find out more. [17 Jul 2008]
Microsoft warns of ActiveX attack
News Microsoft issued a security advisory on Monday warning about targeted attacks that exploit a hole in the ActiveX control for the Snapshot Viewer in the Microsoft Access database-management system. Security from A to Z [08 Jul 2008]
The 'multi-component' malware threat
News He said: "Such attacks have all the weaknesses of an electrical circuit - cut a wire anywhere and the whole thing goes dead - compared to the strengths of a parallel circuit, in which each component has to be isolated separately. [02 Jul 2008]
'Connected' UK vulnerable in face of cyber attack
News The government has said it is engaged in tackling ongoing state-sponsored cyber attacks on UK national infrastructure. Security minister Lord West told the House of Lords that the UK continues to be targeted by a "large number of attacks" and that... [16 Jun 2008]
Web-based malware up 400 per cent
News Techniques to compromise websites, including Iframe and SQL injection attacks, are becoming more ubiquitous, ScanSafe warned. Landesman said: "Over the last year malware authors have moved away from direct attacks - attacks in which they directly... [06 Jun 2008]
Nato fires up cyber defences
News Nato is also creating a Cyber Defence Management Authority to protect its allies against online attacks such as that suffered by Estonia in 2007. Security A to Z From antivirus to zero-day, click here for silicon.com's alphabetical guide to security. [16 May 2008]
Warning: The Storm still rages on
News Thakur noted that third-party applications rather than operating-system vulnerabilities were being targeted but that "only time will allow the method employed in this wave of attacks to be confirmed". [07 May 2008]
Mobiles to come under attack from 'bad guys'
News And that's what we've seen the bad guys shifting towards, moving away from network-based attacks. Security from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more. Z is for Zero-day A is for Antivirus B is for Botnets [24 Apr 2008]
Security threat: One web page infected every five seconds
News The company noted that the sites of Fortune 500 companies, government agencies and even security vendors, have fallen prey to malware attacks. Security from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more. [24 Apr 2008]
Security - vendors must take some responsibility
News Alan Paller of the SANS Institute said: "Applications have become the new target for attacks," and referred to one Oracle user he claimed had suffered 80,000 attacks on its systems. Security A to Z From antivirus to zero-day, click here for silicon... [23 Apr 2008]
Security experts criticise Phorm
News Security experts have criticised targeted-ad company Phorm, claiming the nature of its infrastructure could increase the likelihood of successful denial-of-service attacks against its ISP customers. Security from A to Z [18 Apr 2008]
Beware the insider security threat
News Employees and insiders are bigger threats to corporate security than external threats such as denial of service attacks or malware. Security experts at the RSA security conference in San Francisco last week warned of all manner of threats ranging... [17 Apr 2008]
Virtualisation: IT managers warned of security challenges
News Crosby warned that throwing random data at the interface between the guest software and the controlling hypervisor could result in successful attacks. He said: "Attacks known to-date involve fuzzing the emulation interface between the guest and the... [16 Apr 2008]
