Security experts fear the recent Timofonica virus, which sent SMS text message spam through the Spanish operator Movistar's server, could be the first of many threats designed to attack WAP devices. Hypponen added: "Once the functionality in WAP...
Firms also need to consider the risk that such an attack could occur at the same time as a physical disruption. Terrorist attacks on outsourced operations, computer virus outbreaks and internet-based 'phishing' scams will all pose serious threats...
While some companies surveyed reported little or no damage resulting from an infection, some said an attack had often resulted in very costly remedial work and disruption that ran to more than one month.
The advisories and patches published with the bulletins range from an "important" flaw affecting only Microsoft Windows NT Server to a collection of eight security holes, including three rated "critical", that leave Internet Explorer open to attack.
And moving telephony to an IP network makes it vulnerable to different types of attack. Danny Bradbury looks at how to properly secure a corporate IP telephony system against known and unknown threats.
It says the most effective way to protect from these new threats is to use a multifunction device with routing, firewall, intrusion detection system/intrusion prevention system and VPN capabilities, positioned in front of, and protecting, the ATM...