The IBM Internet Security Systems X-Force® research and development team discovers, analyzes, monitors and records a wide array of computer security threats and vulnerabilities. The implications of these trends provide a useful backdrop in preparing to enhance information security for the remainder of 2008 and beyond. The overall number of vulnerabilities continued to rise as did the overall percentage of high risk vulnerabilities. Web-based vulnerabilities and threats continue to increase: Over the past few years, the focus of endpoint exploitation has dramatically shifted from the operating system to the Web browser and multimedia applications.