Security expert Wray said although most companies are aware of viruses, worms, Trojans and Denial of Service (DOS) attacks, many IT departments have never heard of such threats as input validation attacks, SQL injection or reverse channel Trojans.
One of the most common ways of disseminating these attacks is through emails that include a link to a malicious web server. Browser-based security threats are on the rise and may pose the next significant risk to information technology operations...
The creation of a botnet can prove a great money spinner, with capacity being rented out for around $10 per hour, according to MessageLabs. Mark Sunner, CTO of MessageLabs, said: "Botnets are the primary delivery mechanism for around 70 per cent of...
Vendors such as Aladdin, IronPort, MessageLabs, Mirapoint, Postini, Symantec and many others all have products for solving the email problem - sold either as software, a hosted service or an appliance.
In Europe in 2006, according to analysts Radicati, 16 billion spam messages were sent each day, representing 62 per cent of all European email messages - and this figure will increase to 37 billion spam emails a day by 2010.
It's not everyday you applaud the taxman - but HM Revenues and Customs (HMRC) deserves praise for its response to a recent potential data breach which followed the theft of a laptop containing sensitive information.
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