Web 2.0 site attacks on the rise
In its bi-annual report the Web Application Security Consortium (WASC) has reported that attacks on Web 2.0 sites have increased significantly compared to last year.
More Hackers Targeting Social Networking Sites
There has a been a steady increase in attacks targeting social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook during the first half of 2009, according to a new report by the Web Hacking Incidents Database (WHID).
Mac trojan targets game sites to infect users
Virus researchers have spotted a new variant of a Mac trojan that attempts to change a victim computer's DNS settings.
Nine Ball attack strikes 40 000 Web sites
More than 40,000 Web sites have been hit by a mass-compromise attack dubbed Nine Ball that injects malware into pages and redirects victims to a site that will then try to download Trojans and keylogger code, Websense said today.
Webhost hack wipes out data for 100,000 sites
100,000 websites were destroyed by a targeted a zero-day vulnerability in a widely-used virtualization application.
Facebook Combats Phishing Attack
Facebook is shoring up security holes in the wake of a phishing attack.
Adobe Redirects Surfers To Malware Installing Malicious Sites
SophosLabs discovered during last week that Adobe is hosting a web page that redirects unsuspecting visitors to websites that attempt to install malware on vulnerable machines.
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