web threats
Get ahead of new web applications
Consumer peer-to-peer (p2p) internet applications are growing at a blistering pace. Evidence is everywhere: worldwide, users send more than 10 billion instant messages every day (J.D. Powers and Associates); Skype's 136 million users account for 7 percent of international long-distance traffic (Morgan Stanley); video file sharing may account for up to 60 percent of all internet traffic (CacheLogic).
Feb 12 2008 2:33PM
Security
Legitimate websites increasingly under sophisticated attack
Trusted websites are posing a security risk to oblivious surfers according to a Websense report released today which revealed the number of legitimate websites compromised by attackers now outnumbers those specifically created for malicious purposes.
Jan 23 2008 2:29PM
Security
Search terms lead to compromised sites, Google cleans database
Beware when searching for presents this Christmas, cybercriminals have ramped up their Web attacks campaign using simple search terms such as “christmas gift shopping” to serve up compromised websites via search engines.
Nov 29 2007 9:51AM
Security
Warning: Number one malicous threat for 2008, Web threats
AVG’s global security strategist sounded his horn during his visit to Sydney this week warning Australians about the growth of web-based threats - the cybercriminal activity of embedding invisible executable malware on popular websites.
Nov 23 2007 3:05PM
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