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.
It set up three wireless points in different areas for a week each and recorded activity, detecting over three separate probes per working day, with 16 per cent of all the activity resulting in unauthorised network access.
Mark Murtagh, technical director of Websense, agreed that the push for mobility in 2004 has stretched many defences to their limits and said it has done much to undermine all the hard work companies have done securing the perimeter in previous years.
BaseStation Clone (Evil Twin) intercept traffic - An attacker can trick legitimate wireless clients to connect to the attacker's honeypot network by placing an unauthorized base station with a stronger signal within close proximity of the wireless...
Perhaps the thing which causes the most concern is this is what they are reporting back to their board," he said. European IT chiefs have revealed a shocking awareness of security threats - apparently favouring an 'ignorance is bliss' mentality...
If the business of securing computers and networks is a lucrative one - something Microsoft has become keen to capitalise on of late - so too is the international business of high-tech cyber crime that underpins it.