Web threats make their mark on 07/08

The new year is supposed to signal a fresh start for us all, but web threats will continue to reign in 2008, wreaking havoc just as they did this year

Practically every security vendor predicts web threats – embedding of malicious code on popular websites – will be the vector cybercriminals use to wreak havoc in 2008.

Symantec believes the activity will become highly advanced; AVG’s global security strategist Larry Bridwell said web-based threats have emerged to be the most malicious and Raimund Genes, CTO at Trend Micro said his threat prediction last year was that by 2008 web threats will be the number one threat vector.

“They know that almost every enterprise has an anti-spam solution and an anti-virus solution. While almost everybody protects email almost nobody protects users from surfing the web,” he said.

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