Security Web 2.0: Open Season for the Attackers?

The Web is now a participatory medium. The downside to this ubiquitous connectivity and user participation is a new slew of security threats many IT professionals have yet to fully grasp.

But Web 2.0 is a different animal. It's server environment of P2P networking, AJAX-generated applications, social networking, bookmarking, media-sharing sites, blogs, wikis, and RSS feeds. A world largely outside of the IT department’s control.

The boundary between the trusted network and the Internet is quickly disappearing, leaving the corporate enterprise open to a new generation of threats that make the previous generation’s seem benign.

Take email for example. Several years ago, SMTP was the main vector for viruses and other malicious content. In Web 2.0, SMTP is no longer the carrier for the malicious payload. Instead, email only directs the unsuspecting user to a web site, where the more dynamic HTTP can be exploited for nefarious purposes.

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