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Friday, October 05, 2007
Top Five Threats for 2008
In 2008, the number of user machines that become bot-infected will be one in 10 or greater, according to the Georgia Tech Information Security Center (GTISC), which earlier this week released a report on the main threats for next year. Tens of millions of computers—about 10 percent of those connected to the Net—are already acting as bots in botnets today, the GTISC says. The other threats that will evolve and increase next year are Web 2.0 and client-side attacks; targeted messaging attacks; mobile attacks; and attacks on RFID systems, the GTISC says.
Among other things, the report proposes educating Web developers on secure coding techniques; adopting more behavior-based protection; enabling protection engines to understand JavaScript; and encouraging Website remediation and better content-filtering by browsers.